Year 7, Day 340

Morning! Today's song is Reptilia by The Strokes.

Photo by: Matt

The Strokes are a rock band active since 1998 and made up of Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, Albert Hammond Jr, Fabrizio Moretti, and Nick Valensi. It started with Casablancas, Valensi, and Moretti playing together, then they brought in the other two. They started off playing in the Manhattan club scene, then made a demo EP in 2000, released in 2021 and caused a record label bidding war. Their debut album came out in 2001, followed by another in 2003, which is when this song came out. They were going to do a live album in 2004, but the recording quality wasn't good enough. Their next album came out in 2005, which was a little different from the other albums. In 2006 they played a bunch of festivals in Europe before doing tours around the world. The next album was supposed to be released in 2009, but instead got pushed to 2011. Their next album was released in 2013, followed by them doing some performances through 2014, then going on a European tour in 2015. The released an EP in 2016, followed by a festival tour in 2017. They took an unofficial two year hiatus before doing some performances in 2019, then releasing their next album in 2020. So they are still around to check out. 

Peace.