Still in its wrapper, haven't listened to
a single second of it yet... but it's called
The New Abnormal! I've got to say the primary
reason I've picked this up is cause I just
love the album cover art. I've been watching
a lot of giallo... italian horrors recently.
So really I should probably be wearing a black
glove right now. This opens at the side...
can you see that? So does that mean we need
to cut this piece of plastic here? I think
it does. In that case let's just admire the
artwork with the album name. Can you see that?
When I was a kid I admired the work of Jackson
Pollack through Mickey Mouse cause there was
a Mickey Mouse story where Mickey Mouse got
some buckets of paint and a big sheet of paper
and he put the bike wheels in the paint and
cycled around on it. Mickey Mouse gave me
a lot! This has the potential to be very,
very good or extremely bad! (PRODUCED BY RICK
RUBIN!!!) Do I really have to cut it?Yeah
all right... we're cutting it! It's a collection
of pieces of paper inside. Let's see what
we've got. So we've got the album cover and
then we have a bigger version (oh... please
let this be a poster!). Oh yes!!! Bear with
me a minute. God did I really do that /sits
on record. De deeeee! What are we left with?
I mean... it's gonna get a thumbs up just
because of the artwork! That's how shallow
I am. So what we're left with is the record
which I admit when I was putting the poster
up on the wall I placed the record on the
chair. And sat on said record! I know!!! We
can see that side A is 23 minutes and 56 seconds
and we can see that Side B is 21 minutes and
15 seconds. And there is zero ambiguity in
which is side A or side B. which I like. And
there's zero ambiguity that it's 33rpm. Has
the Strokes' sound matured over the years? I don't know. You tell me! I'll find now!
 
 
 
