Marcus Vinicius’s review of the albumThe New Abnormal

I have never been a very Strokes person, but I always liked Casablancas' voice and never really held anything against the band besides the fact that they didn't fully ressonate with me - this new album serves as a reborn of sorts, coming from their least-liked album with a strong set of singles - the content here is indeed more articulate and fully fleshed than on "Comedown Machine", the songs are crafted with more intricate arrangements and more texturized production, allowing them to channel more classic-sounding ones like the catchy piece of PPR, "Bad Decisions" with its jangly tone and memorable melody or indulge into alternate lanes, like "At the Door" which employs an art pop structure with atmospheric synthesizers and an overall glowing shift - the songs in overall here neither fall too much into experimentation nor pandering to their classic sound, with quite an interesting balance between both - longer songs, certainly, with half of the album above the 5-minute mark, which feels different for Strokes' more straightfoward brand of indie rock. stretching the sound their deliciously carved on "Angles" with songs like "The Adults Are Talking" or blowing it off with arguably the best one "Brooklyn Bridge" - with Casablancas' vocals giving their fair amount of personality with its lazy tone. It's probably not their best as I still side with the demonized "Angles", but it's an album that puts them back at their foot with a renewed breath.