Disq Collector 3/31/08 The Strokes

The Strokes

despite its highly conceptual origins

" a song co-written and produced by pop powerhouse Max Martin

while the naturalistic indie rock of Sunk was inspired by the economical sound of Elliott Smiths Either/Or

Disq Collector 3/31/08 The StrokesDisq have assembled a razor sharp, teetering on the edge of chaos melange of sounds, experiences, memories, and influences. Due out March 6 on Saddle Creek, Collector ought to be taken literallyit is a place to explore and catalogue the Madison, Wisconsin bands relationships to themselves, their pasts, and the world beyond the American Midwest as they careen from their teens into their 20s. This turbulence is backdropped by gnarled power pop, anxious