Here’s the backside artwork for ‘Comedown Machine’

by Eric Van Dril on March 15, 2013 · 84 comments

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Tonight, reader Dylan pointed out that the backside artwork for ‘Comedown Machine’ has been posted on Amazon.

Here it is, even if it’s blurry and you may have seen it already…

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51 TheTourist March 16, 2013 at 5:49 pm

@its good
Why? Where did you hear that?
I don’t think so.

52 Johnny crox March 16, 2013 at 5:54 pm

Sean tell us more !

53 ohhotdamn March 16, 2013 at 6:09 pm

Does anyone else notice a backing vocal on the last part of “Ask Me Anything”? I’m assuming it would be Nick

54 Matt March 16, 2013 at 6:13 pm

@ohhotdamn
I’ve noticed that. It does sound like him.

55 Mandingo March 16, 2013 at 6:19 pm

Damn this needs to leak… Honestly wasn’t too excited after OWT and ATT, but after revisiting OWT tonight, I’m loving it! Just reading the descriptions of the songs is starting to drive me batty. Why oh why hasn’t this leaked yet??

56 Mandingo March 16, 2013 at 6:27 pm

Isn’t the album being released in some other countries on the 22nd? If so, you would think the physical albums would have to be in production for days now. Can’t believe it’s not out there yet…

57 Sean March 16, 2013 at 6:40 pm

I wasnt dissapointed with a single track on the album, there aren’t really any of the “hard” rockers like Vision of Division or Metabolism, and All The Time is definitely the least interesting track, the rest of the album doesn’t feel by the numbers at all, and to be honest I think it’s their second or third best album, but then again I did only get one listen, but I promise, it’s excellent.

58 Kinger March 16, 2013 at 7:08 pm

@Sean

Thank you so much Sean for telling us this! It’s a good filler for when the leak comes out!

59 Shiwiggles March 16, 2013 at 7:10 pm

@Sean

I wish you can give us track-by-track review from yourself but it’s probably too much for you…

;(

60 protogyl March 16, 2013 at 7:18 pm

the solo thing really feel like listening to old strokes. it really recapture the feeling! i think it is from nick valnsi

61 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:33 pm

haha Nick/Julian sure love this lick (except phrased differently along the neck on different songs)

—-One Way Trigger 2nd melody guitar (NICK) “non harmonzing”
phrased different.

E||———————————————————————————————–|
B||–12——————-12———————-10———————10—————-|
G||——–9—12—9——–9—12—9———–9—11—9————9—11—9-|
D||———————————————————————————————-| ETC.
A||———————————————————————————————-|
E||———————————————————————————————-|

—Hamilton (Nick “Song”)

E||—–8————12———–8———12-12—————————————–|
B||———-10———–10———10—————10———————————-|
G||———————————————————————————————-|
D||———————————————————————————————-| ETC.
A||———————————————————————————————-|
E||———————————————————————————————-|

and OWT solo
(variation of above tab/ and a variation of the synth part by a couple notes.)

—-anyway,
Julian uses this in Out of the Blue (guitar in the end) so nothing new either. :)

—also I Cant Win uses the same type of lick but plyed around with by a couple of notes

and YOLO, more of the same lick variation.
YOLO

e—-11—————11————-|
B———–12—————12——|
G–11–11——-11—11———–|
D————————————-|
A————————————-|
E————————————–|

62 Shiwiggles March 16, 2013 at 7:34 pm

If that Nick Valensi music is actually “real”, sweet! But if he could implement those in their next Strokes album, that would be even better!

63 Shiwiggles March 16, 2013 at 7:35 pm

My favorite one is Save it.

Second is Constipated!

However, it still may not be Nick.

64 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:36 pm

Upon hearing Nick solo work I can see why
Julian was jaded with Nick.
Nick was taking some Strokes licks/guitar parts for his (Nicks) own work.

65 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:40 pm

it may or may not be , true
but that was one of the reasons for the nick/julian thing,
also i think julian wrote the solo so nick felt what he was playing wasnt his.
yet it still made him famous and rich

66 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:41 pm

*solos

67 Shiwiggles March 16, 2013 at 7:42 pm

@WTFWHASTHAT

Hate to say this, but it makes sense…

That would be kind of an jerk move.

68 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:45 pm

also i think **since** julian wrote the solos so nick felt what he was playing wasnt his

sorry for typing mistakes! :)

69 Kinger March 16, 2013 at 7:48 pm
70 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:55 pm

^ come on brah they said the same thing for willie nelson

http://en.mediamass.net/people/willie-nelson/new-album.html

71 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:56 pm
72 WTFWHASTHAT March 16, 2013 at 7:58 pm

@Kringer

My “Let me Google that for You” was meant for a joke not to be taken seriously :)
:) :)

73 dionandgarfunkel March 16, 2013 at 9:14 pm

man im so lost. what happened with nick and jules? and who are the strokes currently like owned by and whats there label, im so lost in it. like why the fuck is sony there…….. and does anyone get the vibe that the all the time video proved the strokes are over…?

74 ohhotdamn March 16, 2013 at 10:28 pm

Someone with one of those twitter things should ask Ryan about the album streaming on Monday. I think he would have a better idea about something like that then the band would

75 TheMondo March 16, 2013 at 11:48 pm

@dionandgarfunkel If I’m not mistaken, Sony Music owns RCA which explains that. The whole Nick and Jules thing was made public when reports surfaced that Nick was supposedly being sued by Julian for stealing Strokes’ material (AKA Julian’s material) for use in a solo project. It became really obvious after that. Like Julian would go over to talk to Albert, Fab and Niko during shows but pretended Nick didn’t exist. Kinda sad..

76 WTFWHASTHAT March 17, 2013 at 12:47 am

@dionandgarfunkel

This interview with Q magazine pretty much gives you the picture
(read the fans comments from the strokes news too!)
http://thestrokesnews.com/scans-q-magazine-would-love-it-if-the-strokes-break-up/

these pages are Julian’s interview:
http://thestrokesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/The-Strokes-Q-Magazine-8.jpg

http://thestrokesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/The-Strokes-Q-Magazine-9.jpg

77 Matt March 17, 2013 at 2:42 am

@Kinger
That website… I can’t find it credible with it’s related stories are:
Nick Valensi Nude Photos Leaked Online
Nick Valensi Goes ‘Gangnam Style’
Nick Valensi Engaged? (The date is March 3rd 2013)
Death Hoax says “Nick Valensi Dies at 32″
Nick Valensi’s Dog Recovering from Surgery

78 Next Dimension March 17, 2013 at 2:51 am

Anyone else really learning to love All the time? At first, I thought it was a straight forward, middle of the road Strokes song…..but I find myself singing it constantly. I think both songs we’ve heard from Comedown Machine now are fantastic.

79 protogyl March 17, 2013 at 3:45 am

come to think about this ‘nick’s solo stuff’ seems to be there are no solos not even guitar lick in any of these songs. i thought nick is the solo wizard for the strokes. why can’t he do even some simple lick? hmm.. maybe this wasnt really his solo project eventhough the production sounded like a quality product.

80 ITAO March 17, 2013 at 8:00 am

@Next Dimension
Yeah, I totally agree with you. Actually, it was a bit bland for me the first few times that I listened to it (except for the guitar solo of course). Then it started playing on the radio and I started noticing stuff in the song that I didn’t really notice before. Now that the music video is out, I can’t stop humming it in my head, and I actually learned how to play it on guitar. I searched up tabs for it and there weren’t any yet so I learned it just by my memory of the song and I think I got it down pretty well so far.

81 jettison March 17, 2013 at 8:23 am

I have leaksallday.com on constant refresh all day!!
pleaaase someone leak this :D

82 ITAO March 17, 2013 at 9:37 am

Hey guys, guess what just happened. I have this friend who is probably as interested in The Strokes as I am. He had a crush on this girl. About two days ago, I told him,”Introduce The Strokes to her. She’ll love it.”, and so he did. Guess what, he just sent me a text,” I luv u man. U r da best wingman ever”. So as you see people, The Strokes is always a solution.

83 Arthur March 17, 2013 at 9:53 am

it seems to be on what.cd !!

84 Bud March 17, 2013 at 9:56 am

where can i find nick´s stuff?

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