{"product_id":"the-strokes-new-england-gateway-port-chester-broadcast-2016","title":"The Strokes - New England Gateway (Port Chester Broadcast 2016)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Strokes formed in New York City in 1998, comprising singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists\u003cbr\u003eNick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti.\u003cbr\u003eChannelling their\u003cbr\u003eshared love of Velvet Underground grit, Stooges swagger and CBGB-era attitude, the band quickly rose to\u003cbr\u003eprominence with their debut album, Is This It, in 2001.\u003cbr\u003eThe record was an immediate critical and commercial\u003cbr\u003etriumph, topping numerous year-end lists and later being ranked among Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All\u003cbr\u003eTime.” Follow-ups Room on Fire (2003) and First Impressions of Earth (2006) cemented their influence, while\u003cbr\u003eGrammy nominations, sold-out world tours and festival-headlining slots confirmed their place as torchbearers of a\u003cbr\u003erevived New York rock scene.\u003cbr\u003eAfter a decade of reinvention, the band released Comedown Machine in 2013, an adventurous fifth album that\u003cbr\u003epushed their sound into new territory, blending icy synth textures with the taut guitar interplay that had defined\u003cbr\u003etheir early work.\u003cbr\u003eThree years later came the Future Present Past EP – a tight, three-track release featuring the soaring\u003cbr\u003e“OBLIVIUS”, the jagged “Drag Queen” and the urgent “Threat of Joy”, along with a remix of the former by drummer\u003cbr\u003eFabrizio Moretti.\u003cbr\u003eAround the EP’s release, The Strokes performed only a select handful of shows, each one charged with the energy of\u003cbr\u003ea band still able to surprise.\u003cbr\u003eChief among them was the 31 May 2016 performance at the historic Capitol Theatre in\u003cbr\u003ePort Chester, New York – an intimate yet high-stakes setting for a group whose name had become synonymous with\u003cbr\u003earena and festival stages.\u003cbr\u003eTaking place just three days before the EP’s release, it offered a rare opportunity to witness\u003cbr\u003ethe band in such close quarters at this stage of their career.\u003cbr\u003eMARKETING \u0026amp; PROMOTION \/ SELLING POINTS\u003cbr\u003e• That night’s setlist featured the live debut of all three Future Present Past tracks, alongside the return of\u003cbr\u003esongs absent from the stage for nearly half a decade.\u003cbr\u003e• Fan favourites and deep cuts collided in a performance that felt both celebratory and urgent, with the crowd\u003cbr\u003efeeding the band’s fire in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e• Presented here in full, the entire set from that night is now available for all to hear on this new CD, offering\u003cbr\u003efans of this seminal band the chance to experience them at their most rejuvenated and intimate in their later\u003cbr\u003eera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YARD STICK","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53206763864391,"sku":"TRI-67778","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/9da3fcc71229c05d6ffcdcd8b2b31842.jpg?v=1769375222","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/the-strokes-new-england-gateway-port-chester-broadcast-2016","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}