Is This It (For Two Pianos)

by Sam Kassirer

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1.	Is This It (For Two Pianos) 02:47	buy track
2.	The Modern Age (For Two Pianos) 03:56	buy track
3.	Soma (For Two Pianos) 03:19	buy track
4.	Barely Legal (For Two Pianos) 04:37	buy track
5.	Someday (For Two Pianos) 03:37	buy track
6.	Alone, Together (For Two Pianos) 03:07	buy track
7.	Last Nite (For Two Pianos) 03:55	buy track
8.	Hard To Explain (For Two Pianos) 04:35	buy track
9.	When It Started (For Two Pianos) 03:26	buy track
10.	Trying Your Luck (For Two Pianos) 04:55	buy track
11.	Take It Or Leave It (For Two Pianos) 04:09	buy track

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This is something I’ve been working on for quite a while. It's a piano interpretation of one of my favorite albums, “Is This It” by The Strokes.

This isn’t a “big" release or a “big" record. But, my hope is that people can get something valuable out of it…some inner peace, nostalgia, inspiration, or simply feeling something deeper.

When the original album came out in 2001, it had a profound impact on me. It really got me through some shit as a New York City college student. The pure musicality of the album has always interested me.

I recorded this up at Great North over several weeks using three different pianos and a tape delay machine. @dietrichstrause helped me in the studio and @djamesgoodwin mastered it for me. Thanks to all my friends + Darius for telling me I should actually go through with it.

Hope you like it! - Sam

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released June 26, 2020

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Sam Kassirer Boston, Massachusetts

Sam Kassirer is a composer, record producer, and touring musician who splits his time between his home in Boston and an old farmhouse in Maine. There, Sam has produced critically-acclaimed albums for Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim, and many others.

"Is This It (For Two Pianos)" is his first solo release, a front-to-back interpretation of the iconic Strokes record. ... more

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