The Strokes debuted a new song from their just about to be released new album Angles on America’s Saturday Night Live TV show over the weekend. The show, guest hosted by serial bong smoker Miley Cyrus, saw the band perform several news songs, including the first live performance of the track ‘Life Is Simple In The Moonlight’.

While fans are desperately hoping that the band can find a return to the form of their compelling 2001 debut Is This It?, the song has its moments, particularly in a middle eight that sees Julian Casablancas exercising his trademark yelp, it seems that on the new material previewed to date, the band are trading water. What do you think?

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