The Strokes' Is This It A Smash First Album

Early in the morning it's problematic for me to determine what type of music to listen to. I don't desire to listen to something heavy, for it would be an overload of thundering audibles. Hard and loud music tends to irritate me and make for a bad combination with my morning time grogginess. Since it takes me a nice little space of time to adjust to the sun rising, strong vigorous music is not my morning cup of tea. 

Then, you have easy listening.

Since what I seek to do is to wake up rather than fall back into a coma, I don't find that would be appropriate music. So with that in mind, my morning routine begins... before I can choose my morning music I must find my CD book. (Once that occurs...)

I then proceed to search page after page hopping to find something that fits. Just as I begin to lose hope, what do I see? That white, black, and a shade of blue. It's The Strokes' musical disc. If you're asking to yourself right now... What makes The Strokes morning listening material? Well, its the soft pop mellow musical revelry that they are quite efficient at creating.

Power Rock Pop 

The Strokes are one of those bands that deliver pop rock with a gritty edge. They are easy listening and at the same time have enough rhythm to pick you up from a sleeping slump and filling you up with much needed energy. A perfect example of that is the song Someday, which is a delightfully mover and shaker. 

That play that song when I feel like shaking my groove thang. Yet, while being much about pop, its not "bubble gum pop" like you find with the The Killers, Maroon 5, or Jack Johnson. It is pop but with a serious edge to it. So, to battle that morning dread I would prefer something more grown up.. than teeny bopper stuff.

The Strokes

Inspired by classic acts like Buddy Holly and John Lennon and the attitude and riffs of the Velvet Underground, the Strokes rose to stardom when they were blessed and (you could also say cursed...) with a huge amount of media hype. Young, almost all their twenties, their debut album Is This It?