Is This It The Strokes May 2026

But to answer the title: Yes, Julian. This is it. And it’s still pretty damn good. "Hard to Explain" (loud), "Someday" (quiet, on a Sunday morning), "Trying Your Luck" (when you’re feeling pathetic).

Is This It is the antidote. It asks: Do you really need more than 36 minutes to say something true? Is This It The Strokes

But after re-listening to the vinyl crackle of “The Modern Age” for the hundredth time, I think we’ve been reading the title wrong. It’s not a question of defeat. It’s a dare. To understand Is This It , you have to forget everything you know about 2000s rock. Before The Strokes, the airwaves were clogged with nu-metal angst, post-grunge sincerity, and boy-band pop. Music was either angry, sad, or polished to a mirror shine. But to answer the title: Yes, Julian

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On July 30, 2001, five guys from New York City walked into a recording studio with a producer named Gordon Raphael. They walked out with a 36-minute earthquake. "Hard to Explain" (loud), "Someday" (quiet, on a

Then came Julian Casablancas, slurring his words like he just woke up on a Lower East Side fire escape. He wasn’t singing about the party; he was the hangover.