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This Strokes Angles vinyl is the fourth studio album from one of New York’s most closely watched rock bands, released on RCA Records with catalog number RCA 753472, and it arrives after a five-year gap that had plenty of people wondering whether the group still had anything to say.
Why The Strokes Matter
The Strokes emerged at the start of the 2000s with Is This It and Room on Fire, two records that sharpened the attention of a generation of guitar music fans and put New York rock back on the map in a serious way. Their fourth album did not arrive quickly. First Impressions of Earth came out in 2006 and showed the band reaching for something bigger and more layered than what came before. Then came silence, lineup tensions, and years of side projects. By the time Angles finally surfaced, the question was not just whether it would be good. It was whether the band could hold together long enough to finish it.
What to Know About This Strokes Angles Vinyl
Angles was released through RCA Records under catalog number RCA 753472. The album opens with Under Cover of Darkness, the lead single, which leans into the tighter, more direct energy that defined the band’s earliest work rather than the expansive arrangements of First Impressions of Earth. The album as a whole tries to split that difference, carrying some of the ambition from the 2006 record while pulling back toward the quicker, sharper feel of Is This It and Room on Fire. That tension between the two approaches is one of the more interesting things about the record. It does not always resolve cleanly, but it makes for an album that covers real ground across its runtime.
Why This Pressing Belongs in Your Collection
For collectors who followed the Strokes from the beginning, Angles represents a specific and significant moment: the band returning after a long absence with something genuinely new to offer. Having it on vinyl means sitting with a record that carries real weight in the band’s catalog, not just as a comeback document but as a standalone piece of work that holds up on its own terms. The RCA pressing is the standard release for this album, and for anyone building out a complete Strokes collection on wax, this is the copy that fills the gap between First Impressions of Earth and whatever came next. It plays well, it sounds right on a turntable, and it belongs next to the others on the shelf.
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