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The... Email Print Related News Harry Potter studio releases trailer of final film 1:30pm EDT Snoop Dogg, Bjork to star at Manchester Festival Thu, Mar 17 2011 Pet Shop Boys write first ballet Thu, Mar 17 2011 Pink Floyd founder Barrett put painting before pop Thu, Mar 17 2011 Riccardo Muti wins $1 million classical music prize Wed, Mar 16 2011 Analysis & Opinion Obama, guns and media control The NYT paywall arrives Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » Music » Stocks Julian Casablancas from ''The Strokes'' performs on the main stage at the 'T in the Park' music festival in Balado, Scotland July 9, 2006. Credit: Reuters/David Moir By Mike Collett-White LONDON | Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:50pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) - The Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi called making the band's new album "Angles" "just awful," but despite a fractious recording process most critics seem pleased the New York rockers are finally back. The record has been five years in the making, an absence which has heightened anticipation in the music press and heaped pressure on a band still living in the shadow of its acclaimed debut album, 2001's "Is This It." But the U.S. band appears to have lost none of its fans. The Strokes were given a rapturous welcome by an estimated 20,000 audience at a free concert at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday, when they also previewed a couple of tracks from the new album. "Is This It" was followed by "Room On Fire" (2003) and "First Impressions of Earth" (2006), after which four of the five group members went on to pursue other musical ventures including solo albums and another band. The quintet reconvened in early 2009, began recording new material with a producer, but then scrapped the bulk of that work when they decided to make the record on their own. That, combined with a new creative approach meaning all members of the band contributed to writing the tracks, significantly slowed the process, as did lead singer Julian Casablancas' decision to record his vocals remotely. "When I'm there, people might wait for me to say something," he was quoted as saying on music website Pitchfork.com. "I think it took me being a little mute to force the initiative," added Casablancas, traditionally the band's chief songwriter. For Valensi, the process was a painful one. "I won't do the next album we make like this," he told the same website. "No way. It was awful -- just awful." REVIEWS MOSTLY POSITIVE Early reviews appeared this week ahead of the U.S. release on Sony Music's RCA label on March 22, and The Strokes can breathe easy. Barring a handful of harsh assessments, critics were generally impressed with "Angles." On its website, Metacritic.com gave an aggregate rating of 75 out of 100 based on 11 reviews, ranging from 40 in Britain's Guardian newspaper to 90 on BBC Music. The influential Rolling Stone magazine gave the group four stars out of five and David Fricke wrote in his review: "With its sudden-U-turn songwriting and curt execution, 'Angles' is the best album that (The Strokes) have made since 2001's 'Is This It', the cannonball that inaugurated the modern-garage era." At the other end of the spectrum, Alexis Petridis of the Guardian awarded "Angles" two stars out of five. 1 2 Next Entertainment Fashion Music Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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