12:51 (The Strokes song) 12:51 (The Strokes song) "12:51" is a 2003 song by the American indie rock band The Strokes and was written by Julian Casablancas. The song was released as the first single from their second album, "Room on Fire". "12:51" received positive reviews from critics. "Billboard"'s Wes Orshoski wrote of the song: "Julian Casablancas' sleepy vocals arrive in synch with a nerdy, very '80s keyboard [Nick Valensi's guitar] that sounds so much cooler than it probably should against guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr.'s raw, fast strumming, the throbbing bass of Nikolai Fraiture and drummer Fabrizio Moretti's cool swing beat."
Julian Temple Band studio engineer Tom Bell of Port Chalmers Recording Services. Julian Temple Band Julian Temple Band is an alternative rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand, fronted by Californian/New Zealand singer-songwriter Julian Temple. They formed in February, 2004 as a surf-rock inspired project after post-graduate work at the University of Otago. The band has independently recorded and released six albums; "In Sea" (2006), "Quiet Earth" (2009), "Balance Escapes" (2010), "Upsidedownbackwards" (2012), "Ceiling in the Sky" (2015), and "Antarctica" (2018). Within a week of its release, "Upsidedownbackwards" debuted on the New Zealand Artists Albums Chart and quickly climbed to number 7 over five