The Strokes‘ guitarist Nick Valensi has shed further light on the drawn out recording sessions which eventually led to their new album ‘Angles‘, describing the experience as ‘awful’
Valensi told Pitchfork.com of the somewhat isolated nature of the New York band’s time in the studio, detailing instances when he would turn up to the studio alone to do his guitar parts.
“I won’t do the next album we make like this,” he declared. “No way. It was awful – just awful. Working in a fractured way, not having a singer there. I’d show up certain days and do guitar takes by myself, just me and the engineer.”
“75 per cent of this album felt like it was done together and the rest of it was left hanging, like some of us were picking up the scraps and trying to finish a puzzle together.”
Originally intended to hit the shelves last year, ‘Angles‘ suffered a series of delays and setbacks, before finally confirming the March 21st release date in January.