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Episode 26: The Album Is Dead: The Strokes 'Angles'

The first two albums by the Strokes are widely regarded as classic albums and rightly so, but an underrated album by the New Your 5-piece is their 4th studio album 'Angles'. as it often doesn't get the praise it deserves. We want to put that right, so each day at 2:30pm we're playing the album in full, it's packed with indie-pop hits and shows a lighter side the band compared to their previous three albums. Highlights include 'Taken For A Fool', 'Life Is Simple In The Moonlight' and 'Machu Picchu'. The band don't have a bad album but this one certainly shines through for what is one of the world's finest indie rock bands of all time. (Series 1)
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