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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the side project of The Strokes' guitarist Nick Valensi was produced by Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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| Get it before It goes to waste Lick on my knife And honour the taste Taking my time Running in place Leaving the house Was a mistake I don't know if... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 5 out of 9
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Mixed: 4 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Nov 1, 2016‘Unnatural’ is full of sexy, snarling swagger and ‘Walls’ zips by on a wave of thundering riffs. Elsewhere there are hints of industrial (‘Money Machine’) and even reggae (‘Slow Down’), all proving that Nick Valensi has plenty of ideas and invention to offer outside of The Strokes.
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Nov 1, 2016While we’ve not heard Nick’s vocals out front before, those frantic fretwork and well-trodden chord changes work like an aural comfort blanket. Yet this is no carbon-copy.
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Alternative PressNov 2, 2016CRX's only real mistake might be releasing a top-down record perfect for summer at the end if the year. [Dec 2016, p.100]
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Nov 10, 2016Valensi clings to the crisp tick-tock guitars he favors in his day job. But CRX juices those tidy riffs with ’80s-style synths that give tunes like “Anything” and “Ways to Fake It” a serious Cars vibe.
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Dec 5, 2016"Anything" sounds like the Cars on an extra-snotty day, while the glistening new wave chug of "Ways to Fake It" and "One Track Mind" feels like the work of a band that influenced the Strokes instead of one of its members. Moments like these are fun for listeners who share CRX's retro fixations, but more often than not, New Skin doesn't deliver on the band's pedigree.
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UncutNov 1, 2016Exhilarating or jarring, depending on taste. [Dec 2016, p.26]
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Nov 7, 2016There are outbursts of punkish energy and some occasional snappy hooks, but CRX haven’t a great deal to recommend them beyond the reputations of those involved.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Feb 22, 2021
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