Phrazes for the Young, the debut solo album from the Strokes’ frontman, Julian Casablancas, drops today in the U.S., Canada, and Spain. People at SBTVC are really feeling it, saying things like the album “fucking rules” and “it’s the least Strokes-y of all the solo project,” but I don’t know. I think it’s slightly interesting at best, but maybe I have bad taste in music. The album seems to lack coherence, simply taking the alternative rock you would expect from Casablancas’ and drowning it in the synthesizers and drumbeats of 80s pop that are were fashionable, like, two years ago.
Check out “11th Dimension,” the album’s first single, and “River of Breaklights” below and if you like what you hear, you can catch Casablancas on tour. In support of Phrazes for the Young, he’s playing shows in California every Friday in November and then embarking on a European tour with The Six Sick. Details after the jump.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
November 6: Downtown Palace Theatre, LA
November 13: Downtown Palace Theatre, LA
November 17: The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco
November 20: Downtown Palace Theatre, LA
November 27: Downtown Palace Thetre, LA
November 30: Vega, Copenhagen
December 1: Gota Kallare, Stockholm
December 3: Maria am Ostbahnof, Berlin
December 5: Paradiso, Amsterdam
December 8: Le Bataclan, Paris
December 11: Manchester Ritz, Manchester
December 12: ABC, Glasgow
December 14: The Academy, Dublin
December 16: Forum, London
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Poop is what Julian Casablancas dropped today. Oh, wow, It looks just like an album.
11.03.09 at 11:06 am
ugh. I really want him. And I’m not ashamed to say it either.
11.03.09 at 11:21 am
Do people even buy CDs snymore?
11.03.09 at 11:23 am
“Hey everybody, here’s a big flashy commercial for Julian Casablancas new album, but I’m going to try and make you all believe it’s not a commercial by saying that I don’t really like it.”
-Arv
P.S. I think you’re all stupid enough to fall for it.
Jesus fucking Christ Arv! Did your Dad save Gavin’s life in the war or something? How the fuck did you get hired there? you’re so fucking transparent.
11.03.09 at 11:47 am
Yeah, they do. They’re pretty killer, you can pile them up and shit. Plus fidelity, blablabla. I mainly like to pile them up.
11.03.09 at 12:12 pm
Comment in reply to Aileen, obviously.
11.03.09 at 12:38 pm
i dont hate this because its alt rock with 80s synths, i hate it because its fucking boring, no hooks, no interesting drums, boring basslines, fuck you casablanca
11.03.09 at 12:58 pm
juliana casablanca sounds like ozzie’s post reality show work. needs more lyrics about how nobody in this city gets me or it or whatever. no wait, it has way too much of that.
11.03.09 at 1:22 pm
“11th dimension” is totally ripping off” don’t you want me baby,” or whatever that crappy disco song is called.
embarrassing. sad.
11.03.09 at 1:34 pm
@treetop hahahaha. Now if only I can find a record store that hasn’t closed down yet.
11.03.09 at 2:16 pm
I have no opinion about this album.
11.03.09 at 5:16 pm
this is like the stuff my mom tells me about that she heard about on NPR
11.03.09 at 8:21 pm
This is shit and so are the Strokes. Dude wrote approximately 3 worthwhile songs and all of them are on the Modern Age EP.
11.03.09 at 9:44 pm
rubbish
11.03.09 at 11:58 pm
2 good songs, the rest of it sucks pretty bad.
11.04.09 at 4:13 am
Puhleeeze, jerkoffs.
Look past the trappings, and listen to the album on something other than your shitty laptop speeks and turn it the fuck up.
If you don’t change yer mind, I’ll know you don’t have one in the firs place.
09.10.10 at 2:53 am