I have strong beliefs about the songwriting talent of Julian Casablancas. He has an economy and a control that are amazingly melded to all the sounds he creates. He is often called a Television imitator. I've listened to Television. He is better than Television. Television can't reach his aggressiveness or his pop catchiness, depending on the song. I think many music aficionados in the early aughts disliked him because he was handsome.

"11th Dimension" shows off the tuneful side of Casablancas's songwriting. It is a wall of electronic sounds, all bouncing to a funky beat. I've always been impressed with how his singing jumps such wide intervals with staccato attack. The big bridges are well-earned explosions.

Some great lines in this:

"I live on the frozen surface of a fireball
Where cities come together
to hate each other in the name of sport"

"I got music coming out of my hands and feet and kisses"

By the way, the first verse is an odd five lines, the second is an odd three lines, and rhyme is almost nonexistent. I just love little bits of ugliness like this, especially in such a pretty song.