Julian Casablancas recently talked about the possibility of the new The Strokes album, which is expected to come out next year. Will this be the last record for the band?
According to a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Casablancas revealed how even though the releationship of the band has been on a high lately, he noted how it is hard for him to bring his drive back for the band, after the group has wasted their momentum the last time.
"Here's the thing, the Strokes, the relationship is good now," the Strokes singer said about the possibility of a new album. "The Strokes was my life. It was everything and I put everything into it - it was a journey that I wanted to keep moving forward, but I couldn't do that anymore and it was very frustrating."
"So it took all this time to getting round to almost starting a new band to get to the point where I can continue to do what I set out to do from the beginning. It's like if we had the best team ever and before the championship people started celebrating and not practicing. And we still have to play the playoffs."
He however confirmed that he is writing new song for the upcoming album from The Strokes, which he claimed to be his first time since writing for their 2013 release, "Comedown Machine."
"It's the first time [the Strokes have] been exclusively writing since 'Comedown Machine,'" Casablancas said. "We're planning on recording stuff. I still think we could do cool things and I'll do that. I'd like to do both [bands] really if I could."
Diffuser first noted how the band announced The Strokes' new album comeback in a recent show appearance.
The announcement came from a fan tweet claiming how the singer revealed the band's plan during their show.
"We'll be back soon. We'll be back in the studio and s-t," he said.
