The Strokes recording new album without Julian Casablancas
There’s excitement in the air over the fact that The Strokes are currently recording their new album and possibly releasing it this September. But apparently there’s one Stroke missing from those recording sessions and that’s frontman Julian Casablancas.
The singer revealed that he’s been away from the studio while the rest of the band has been laying down tracks. He plans on adding vocals at a later date.
“I think they [the other band members] did a good job,” said Casablancas to ABC News. “Just tracking the songs. It’s been nice to get my hands on it.”
Casablancas said he wanted the band to record the new album, which he says sounds a lot like their last album First Impressions Of Earth, without him so they could explore the music a bit more.
“I’m pretty opinionated,” he said. “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.”
As for this summer, The Strokes are hitting up a few festivals including Lollapalooza and the Isle of Wight and RockNess festivals. Casablancas said the only reason the band are playing these shows at all is because they saw dollar signs.
“Should I say the truth? Money,” he said. “Yeah. The offers were so crazy that we had to say yes.”
At least he’s honest.
Tags: Julian Casablancas, The Strokes
March 24th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
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