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The Strokes formed in New York City in 1998, comprising singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists
Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti.
Channelling their
shared love of Velvet Underground grit, Stooges swagger and CBGB-era attitude, the band quickly rose to
prominence with their debut album, Is This It, in 2001.
The record was an immediate critical and commercial
triumph, topping numerous year-end lists and later being ranked among Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All
Time.” Follow-ups Room on Fire (2003) and First Impressions of Earth (2006) cemented their influence, while
Grammy nominations, sold-out world tours and festival-headlining slots confirmed their place as torchbearers of a
revived New York rock scene.
After a decade of reinvention, the band released Comedown Machine in 2013, an adventurous fifth album that
pushed their sound into new territory, blending icy synth textures with the taut guitar interplay that had defined
their early work.
Three years later came the Future Present Past EP – a tight, three-track release featuring the soaring
“OBLIVIUS”, the jagged “Drag Queen” and the urgent “Threat of Joy”, along with a remix of the former by drummer
Fabrizio Moretti.
Around the EP’s release, The Strokes performed only a select handful of shows, each one charged with the energy of
a band still able to surprise.
Chief among them was the 31 May 2016 performance at the historic Capitol Theatre in
Port Chester, New York – an intimate yet high-stakes setting for a group whose name had become synonymous with
arena and festival stages.
Taking place just three days before the EP’s release, it offered a rare opportunity to witness
the band in such close quarters at this stage of their career.
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• That night’s setlist featured the live debut of all three Future Present Past tracks, alongside the return of
songs absent from the stage for nearly half a decade.
• Fan favourites and deep cuts collided in a performance that felt both celebratory and urgent, with the crowd
feeding the band’s fire in equal measure.
• Presented here in full, the entire set from that night is now available for all to hear on this new CD, offering
fans of this seminal band the chance to experience them at their most rejuvenated and intimate in their later
era.