Strokes | Comedown Machine | Vinyl

Comedown Machine is the Strokes' 2013 fifth album, a synth-heavy, genre-experimental record made largely without traditional band promotion, touring, or interviews, reflecting the group's ambivalence about the album cycle by that point in their career. Julian Casablancas's increasingly falsetto-heavy vocal delivery on tracks like “One Way Trigger” showed the band pushing further from their early-2000s garage-rock origins toward '80s New Wave-inflected pop. The record's low-key release reflected a band more interested in creative exploration than commercial expectations at that stage of their career.

Track List

Side A

1. Tap Out
2. All the Time
3. 50/50
4. Slow Animals
5. Welcome to Japan

Side B

1. 80's Comedown Machine
2. 50/50 (bonus)
3. Chances
4. One Way Trigger
5. Partners in Crime
6. Call It Fate, Call It Karma

Release Details

• UPC: 0887654557919
• Label: RCA Records Us
• Format: LP Vinyl
• Genre: Indie
• Release Date: 3/26/13
• Release date reflects catalog release information and may not indicate the pressing/edition of the specific copy shipped.