The Strokes 'Halfway Through New Album'
Published Monday, 12th October, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Julian Casablancas says he hopes the new Strokes album sounds like Thin Lizzy and A-Ha.
The New Yorkers are already halfway through the record, which will be released in 2010 after Julian delivers his debut solo disc 'Phrazes For The Young' this month.
In an interview with UK radio station XFM, Casablancas was asked how The Strokes album was going, to which he revealed: "I'm looking forward to it. We worked on it for months, we have most of the songs written, more than half of them written."
"But it's just a question of getting all five dudes in the room. I'm ready to do it. We're supposed to have done it already but it got pushed back."
"I have my own personal wish that it would sound like Thin Lizzy, but if they could peer into the future and kind of have eighties melodies. Like a super-tight late seventies rock band but with A-Ha moments, if that makes sense."
Julian went on to explain that the band all have an equal say in what they record, so sometimes an idea he or other band mates come up with may never make the final cut.
"The Strokes is a tough musical jury," he said, "so if something is going to survive it's got to pretty much please five incredibly picky dudes."
"That's the great thing about the band but on the other hand sometimes it can be stifling for certain parts. You might have a vision for a part but you can't express what you want to look like in its final state."
