The Strokes "Is This It (International Cover)" 2026-01-16 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers have earned platinum albums

wondrous strings reminiscent of Curtis Mayfield and Bernard Herrmann orchestrations abound

thoroughly contemporary but steeped in the backwaters

as documented by his timeless studio recordings

The Strokes "Is This It (International Cover)" 2026-01-16 Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersClocking in at 36 minutes, Is This It? packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are Last Nite with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunders like guitar solo, Barely Legal, sounding like 1980s era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly Someday with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break up. While frontman Julian Casablancas drawls like Lou Reed