Essential Album of the Week #24: The Strokes - Is This It : r/indieheads
If you have never heard , you are doing yourself a disservice. If you have, it demands a revisit. the strokes is this it
The US cover, due to commercial censorship fears, replaced the image with a photo of a particle collision from a physics lab. While interesting, the US cover completely misses the vibe. The original cover feels like the morning after a party: messy, human, and intimate. The US cover feels like a textbook. Essential Album of the Week #24: The Strokes