This is weird because I’d been hearing that the sessions were scrapped due to the band being unhappy with their creative direction (most everyone’s taking writing credits, so allegedly it sounds like a mess of everyone’s solo projects), but within the last day two members of Team Strokes have tweeted to the contrary, which makes me feel that the Strokes have come a long way, @baby: Their LP4 is apparently done, or so says Julian (@Casablancas_J: “Still not going to be out for a few months-mixing, etc, but JUST finally finished it yesterday actually!?”) and Nickolai Fraiture (@NicoleEyeBand: “YES! It’s true. Strokes IV is DONE!! Let’s go party…”).
So there you have it. Presumably the album still needs a title. With all the back and forth and conjecture and apparent apathy, This Is Happening would have been a good title, except it already is a good title. Hopefully our sources’ reportage of the band’s malaise and discontent with the record was inaccurate, and the band sounds as vital as they did at Gagapalooza. For better or worse, looks like Twitter’s confirmed we’ll find out sometime in 2011.
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I think their time to shine is up. Unless they make everybodys jaw drop with a HUGE SURPRISE RECORD OF AMAZING PROPORTIONS I don’t think anybody is going to really care anymore. They were the fresh “it” band almost 10 years ago and now there are plenty of fresh “it” bands that are getting all the buzz and recognition. Its not hip enough to love the Strokes anymore. But hey, they are still pretty relevant and I gotta say I don’t think Best Coast will be in 2020.
Uh, yeah, people (like Billy Corgan, apparently) would be saying the same thing about Pavement or Superchunk, but look at them now. Honestly, who cares if they’re “the it band?” That has literally nothing to do with their ability to put out great music that people want to listen to…? Plus look at the success of their solo projects. Obviously if music journalists are following the progress of the album so intently, people care.
The Strokes were clearly the most influential band of the 00′s. Just think of the loads of other “it” bands they spawned.
@codyt3212 : well I think it’s pretty “easy” when you’re to fresh “it” band, to use your expression. But it’s also very interesting to be a band with already one or two albums out, I guess. Sure, debut albums are often the most successful and perhaps enjoyable records, but Room On Fire is my personal favourite, and, seeing what an amazing job Julian has done with his solo project, I’m really excited about the new album.
It’s not hip to love the Strokes anymore ? That makes them sooooo much more interesting, dude.
good news…crack open the whiskey
so julian didn’t write any of these songs though right? http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/50331
I’ll take whatever strokes i can get these days….
Julian’s leather outfits seem to be getting pretty obnoxious these days though.
no idea where you guys get your “leads” – i think everyone else has been under the impression they were going to follow this through
They were good leads, trust me (er, Amrit).
Glad they finished though!
re: Stereogum’s leads. Scott, didn’t Stereogum’s ‘trusted sources’ say that The Avalanches’ new album would be out in 2010? Safety wink! ;-).
Ha, fair enough. But these were really good sources.
“Everyone else,” meaning people who actually knew about what was happening in the studio. But anyway, this is good. I just hope it doesn’t sound the way I’m told it sounds.
“everyone else” like any of the 5 members via interviews for the past few years, but ok
Expectations are low for this. The music isn’t coming from some place pure, they’re doing it for the wrong reasons.
I’m holding out hope that Jules brought this thing to JP Bowersock at the eleventh hour and they worked their shared magic on it. Please don’t burst my bubble, Amrit.