Hard to Explain

by The Strokes

Hard to Explain cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 25 June 2001
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 13:58
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Leading the 2000s New York rock revival, this track was produced by Gordon Raphael to sound aggressively compressed and artificially precise. Fabrizio Moretti's drumming was heavily processed to mimic a drum machine, perfectly complimenting Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi's interlocking, highly structured guitar lines. Julian Casablancas' vocal delivery, filtered through a small practice amp, captured a distinctly apathetic, urban cool.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, alienation, guitar-driven, infectious, live

Tracklist

  1. Hard To Explain (3:45)
  2. New York City Cops (3:31)
  3. Take It Or Leave It - Live in LA; Village Sessions (3:15)
  4. Trying Your Luck - Live in LA; Village Sessions (3:25)

Credits

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