"Unlike many bands that release notable debut albums and then take years to deliver a follow-up, the Strokes got Room On Fire out as quickly as possible after their lengthy tour for Is This It. Good thing, too; the two years between their debut and this a
Arriving on a wave of well-earned hype rooted in tight chops and a confident swagger, The Strokes offer a Rock & Roll antidote to the plague of boy bands, teen divas, and petulant rap-rock outfits.
Since the release of 2011's Cloud Nothings, Baldi has toured widely and put a great deal of focus on his live show, a detail that heavily shapes the music of his follow-up album, Attack on Memory.
For a band that resists repeating itself, picking up lessons from a decade prior is the strange route Cloud Nothings took to create their most fully-realized album.