Another Strokes album in 2011?

Fri 18th Mar, 2011 in International News

The Strokes have “well and truly moved beyond the confines of the garage and into a Manhattan loft with walls of new sounds at their disposal” on their first albumin over five years Angles and the band is already talking up the possibility of a new record before the end of 2011.

In an interview with Shortlist Julian Casablancas says that he’s keen to release another record, telling the reporter that “I think we’re going to start working on stuff as soon as possible. We were supposed to already, but it took longer than expected to master the album. I didn’t want to work on Strokes No 5 until Strokes No 4 was done.” While bassist Nikolai Fraiture declares that “Personally, I don’t ever want to stop making new albums. If we take another break, and I really hope we don’t, it won’t be something in my control.”

However the band’s guitarist Nick Valensi is the most eager to keep working, revealing that “there’s material in the works. We have a lot of music stockpiled so, in terms of content, we’re in a good place right now. If I had it my way, we’d have another album out by the end of this year.”