10 Best Debut Albums From Indie Bands
2. Is This It - The Strokes
With an album cover that's recognised everywhere The Strokes released their debut album Is This It in 2001. Is This It looks to capture snippets of the lives of young adults in New York. The album contains a great mixture of song styles, from the calm melodic sounds of songs like the title track Is This It , to adrenaline inducing songs like the single Last Nite. This album has something for everyone.
The deep and gritty tones of front man Julian Casablancas mixed with the low beat of the drums and the high notes of the guitars makes for beautifully layered songs. The Stokes are one of the most important bands for the American resurgence of indie-rock as well as being one of the most important garage rock bands of all time. The band helped bring in a transition from grunge to indie in America.
Despite the album being nineteen years old its songs can still be heard on everything from radio stations to holiday adverts. Every song on the album is just as good as the last with no song failing to live up to any of the others. Its a truly brilliant album from start to finish and showed The Strokes as the music giants that they are.