It was announced at the end of last year that The Strokes were back in the studio recording a brand new album… finally! First Impressions Of Earth, their acclaimed third album, was released in January 2006, which was way too long ago now, and have been back in the studio since 2008. Most Stokes fans, of which group I am a prime example, cannot wait for the album to be released… but it may come as a shock to find that the band has been in the studio without lead vocalist Julian Casablancas.
Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti have been recording the music for the new as yet untitled album for quite some time but Casablancas has been notable by his absence.
Don’t worry though Strokes fans! He has not left the band in any way, shape or form. He has simply been taking a back seat because of his own personality, believe it or not. Casablancas himself put it best when he said the following to NME.com: “I’m pretty opinionated. Nothing pushy to the point of it’s my way or no way, but I’ll hear a song and be like, ‘Hmmm, it feels like the bass should be like something different’. Whereas if I feel like I wasn’t in the room then they could just kind of spread their wings.”
The Strokes are planning to release the album later this year after Casablancas has added his vocals to the recorded music. They have also signed up to play the Isle Of Wight festival on 12th June and then Rock Ness in Scotland on the following day. There is no news on a potential tour as yet but both Casablancas and Moretti have hinted at it in the recent past so expect more news to be announced in the near future!
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