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"12:51"  The Strokes  Release date: 2003  Label: Rough Trade

Japanese translation

Bass and drums with chiming guitar intro, cool-as-fuck vocals following eighties guitar line, hook after hook, chord changes that make your heart jump into your throat, finished before you know what's hit you, handclaps. This is a perfectly made pop song, so simple it hurts and so intricate that you discover something new to love every time you listen to it. If The Strokes still feel they have anything to prove then the new album Room On Fire is where they'll do it and signs are looking better and better with every passing second. -Ian Martin, Oct.18.03

The Strokes [12:51] 2003 12:51

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