Pitchfork: Strokes Confirm Album Title, Release Date, Tracks

Strokes Confirm Album Title, Release Date, Tracks

Julian Casablancas, the rumors are true: On January 3, fashion plates/punching bags the Strokes will release their hotly anticipated third album, entitled First Impressions of Earth. It's said to be "heavier" and "more diverse" than the group's two previous full-lengths, but whose third record isn't? We're also guessing it's "more soulful" and "the album the band has always wanted to make." The disc will contain the following songs, but not necessarily in this order:

You Only Live Once
Juicebox
Heart in a Cage
Razor Blade
On the Other Side
Electricityscape
Killing Lies
Fearo Sleep
15 Minutes
Vision of Division
Red Light
Evening Sun
The Ize of the World
Ask Me Anything

But don't get your hopes up, folks. The utterly horrendous first single "Juicebox" was released to radio last week. It sounds like Weezer's "Hash Pipe", but worse, and makes me never want to punch a plastic straw through a foil hole ever again. First Impressions of Earth was produced by David Kahne, who has brought the magic sounds of winners like Fishbone, Sugar Ray, 311, and Sublime to life. Longtime Strokes producer Gordon Raphael handled three tracks, however, so maybe they'll at least sound like the French Kicks.

The Strokes currently have a brief festival tour of South America scheduled for later this month, with buzz-gathering club shows in Europe, the UK, Japan, Australia, and North America, as well as a large-scale U.S. tour, in the works. Watch the pretty boys stand in one place and do the same motions over and over again, but in a tropical setting, here:

10-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Museum of Modern Art
10-22 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Armazem 5 Cais Do Porto
10-23 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Sambodromo Anhembi
10-25 Porto Alegre, Brazil - Pavihao Em Frente Ao Aeroporto
10-28 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Club Ciudad
10-29 Santiago, Chile - Espacio Riesco

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