Album · 2011
Angles
by The Strokes
Angles is an album by The Strokes, released in 2011 on RCA Records Label, with 10 tracks.
Indie · Alternative · Rock
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10 tracks · 34 min
Album · 2011
by The Strokes
Angles is an album by The Strokes, released in 2011 on RCA Records Label, with 10 tracks.
Indie · Alternative · Rock
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10 tracks · 34 min
Angles is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band The Strokes, released on March 18, 2011 in Australia; March 21, 2011 in the UK; and March 22, 2011 worldwide. It is their first album since First Impressions of Earth (2006), their longest gap to date between studio albums. After touring in support of First Impressions of Earth, The Strokes went on an extended hiatus in 2007 and then regrouped two years later to begin writing new material for a fourth album. The album took more than two years to materialize, with the band recording live demos of 18 songs before heading into Avatar Studios in New York with producer Joe Chiccarelli. Not long after recording began, however, the band became frustrated with Chicarelli's reserved production style. Only one song from these recording sessions, "Life Is Simple in the Moonlight", remained on the album's tracklisting. The Strokes recorded the rest of the album's material with engineer Gus Oberg at a converted farmhouse near guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr.'s Port Jervis home in Upstate New York. Singer Julian Casablancas largely removed himself from the other four Strokes during the recording process, going so far as recording his voc…