The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. performing solo in New York (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)
The Strokes will be playing some new music later today during frontman Julian Casablancas‘ Sirius XMU radio show.
A trailer for the show promises ‘the world premiere of brand new music from The Strokes’, while a video posted to Instagram shows projections in London and New York under the title ‘Future Present Past’.
The Strokes are due back at Governors Ball in New York next month after a somewhat rocky recent past. It all began with the tortured affair of 2011’s ‘Angles‘, full of inter-band tensions and studio pressure, a record the band aimed to almost immediately put right through 2013’s ‘Comedown Machine‘. In the end, both felt incomplete.
There was a little or no touring during this time of increased studio work until they played Governors Ball in 2014, after which Casablancas opened the door for another new album a little later, saying it could happen if the ‘vibe is right’, and a sixth studio LP was teased right at the end of last year when the band was photographed at Monterrey’s Victoria Records studio.