The Strokes

[*ana*]

UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS REVIEWED IN ROLLING STONE
The lead single from the first new Strokes record in five years barrels into the bar with “Return to Form” written on its forehead. “Under Cover of Darkness” (set to be released February 9th on the band’s website) takes the basic elements of their sound, breaks it down, builds it back up and expands it: the skinny-tie boogie bounce of “Last Nite,” wave after wave of cute and sharp interlocking guitar, and a grand, gaping chorus where Julian Casablancas torments his vowels like he’s got them trapped in his secret basement laboratory. The band members even throw in tricky tempo changes and a weird, slow breakdown just to show us they’ve been woodshedding. “I’ve been all around this town/Everybody’s been singing the same song for 10 years,” Casablancas observes. So the Strokes give us that same old song one more time, primed and polished for a new age.”

thestrokes.com

 

[AgrenateD]

just listened to the preview and damn it's catchy. i seriously have never been this excited over a song before

 

[ckgirlbr]

omg I listened to it
loved the guitar solo!

 

[XxpinktinksxX]

I LOVE it

 

[ckgirlbr]

For those who want to download it, don't fill the 'mobile number' form...A message is going to show up, the login and password is what sony is saying

 

[XxpinktinksxX]

^I don't understand....i've been trying for ages and of course it is going be very busy but still no email or anything. I did enter the mobile number. I found that if i didn't then it would not let me 'sign up'

 

[La bordélique]

Guitar solo!!!

 

[ckgirlbr]

^I don't understand....i've been trying for ages and of course it is going be very busy but still no email or anything. I did enter the mobile number. I found that if i didn't then it would not let me 'sign up'

Other fans are saying you have to wait for the e-mail to arrive.

 

[HeatherAnne]

The site has crashed, but Oh_Someday has a download link:

http://community.livejournal.com/oh_someday

Amazing!

 

[*ana*]

it's also on youtube now

 

[mousyy]

Thank you for the link Heather! I didn't get the damn e-mail either.
The new song is great, I love the guitar

 

[ckgirlbr]

Here's another link, I've downloaded from both places and liked this one better.
http://www.4shared.com/audio/NN16I6lH/The_Strokes_-_Under_Cover_of_D.html

 

[AgrenateD]

i cannot fully express my delight over this song, shaking and crying i suppose it's even better than i imagined it'd sound like

 

[*ana*]

i found a first attempt to transcribe the lyrics on http://erolsabadosh.blogspot.com
it probalby isn't 100% correct but it's a good try...

Slip back out of whack at your best
It's a nightmare
So I'm joining the army

Know how folks back out, I still call
Will you hate for me now?

We got the righteous advice to use it
Got everything but you can just choose it
I won't tie me a puppet on a string

Don't go that way
I'll wait for you

And I'm tired of all your friends
They're still at your door
And I won't, I better call you

So long my friend and adversary
But I will call you

Get dressed jump out of bed and do it best
Are you ok?
I've been out around this town
Everybody's been singing the same song ten years

I'll wait for you
Will you wait for me too?

And they sacrifice their lives
In our land are all closed eyes
I've been saying we're beaten down, I won't say it again

Before long, my end
The sorry embrace

Don't go that way
I'll wait for you

I'm tired of all your friends
Knocking down your door
Get up in the morning, give it your all
So long my friend and adversary

 

[ckgirlbr]

thanks ana, guessing what Julian is singing is usually a tough work
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[*ana*]

remember those crazy things people would write trying to get 11th dimension?

 

[ckgirlbr]

I do, that's why I said so
I've been listening to it all day

 

[HeatherAnne]

remember those crazy things people would write trying to get 11th dimension?

Too true.

I'll admit I still listen to early Strokes songs and a line will "click", after I've been singing it wrong for years. My Julian translator is pretty good now though, I can speak fluent Julianese.

 

[ckgirlbr]

^ Julianese
I remember singing my ex says I'm lacking in depth all the time when the correct is maya

Here's the album artwork for Angles:



the strokes/facebook

I like the cover of the single much better than this one.

 

[*ana*]

^same here. it's too, i don't know, colorful?

my julianese got better after phrazes for the young but i'm still working on it...