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Looks like some other folks have heard Under Cover Of Darkness as well:
The Strokes Sound Nostalgic for Themselves on Their New Single -- Vulture
The Strokes Sound Nostalgic for Themselves on Their New Single -- Vulture
O, mighty and terrible Leak Gods, have mercy upon us in our time of need.Vulture said:So what’s pretty cool about "Under Cover of Darkness" is that it’s both "complicated" and totally simple, playful, and loose. Most of it boogies and skips sunnily along, as if someone might start whistling at any moment — exactly the kind of shaggy, careless appeal the band’s always been best at. (It'll sound great on an album people will be listening to in spring.) It's also got a bunch of funny dueling guitar leads, big changes, thought-out structures, and that wonderful trick where what you think is a decent chorus is just the lead-in to a great one — but in this case, instead of sounding like the band is trying too hard, it sounds like they’re just having fun. (One of the guitar bends in the intro seems intentionally, heroically goofy; same with a hilarious falsetto chirp later on.) They’ve finally found a way to try interesting things and still seem rakish, sly, and unconcerned about it.