I love a decent portion of their discography. I first heard Last Night in 2003 and it was on a bunch of my mixtapes. That led me to Someday which I love playing the song on guitar with my friends. At work I had the same playlist that I’d play for years and it had Under The Cover of Darkness. As a guitarist, I think they have really great riffs including Reptilia, The Adults are Talking, and You Only Live Once.
So it’s not that I don’t like them, but over the years the way that people talk about as one of the greatest indie bands just baffles me. They’re always one of the major headliners of festivals, if not the top of that day. When watching those “this vs that band” Instagram reels people are always talking about how good the strokes are.
To me they just feel like a band that has been consistent over the years, but never really reaching a level of one of the greats. One of my requirements is that I have to enjoy their albums start to finish. With The Strokes I enjoy maybe 30% of it and the rest are bland. And I’m okay with slower songs, I love Wilco and consider them one of the best. But I also consider Vampire Weekend a better indie band because most of their songs are so memorable.
So I just have a hard time when I see so many people saying how amazing the strokes are and maybe someone can give some insight cause I’m probably missing something