It’s like fine

he's been saying sort of passive s*** for a minute, he's just not fully dialed into it anymore

Rebekah Sherman-Myntti: When you treat the new thing like you once treated the old thing in its early days, is it just because of that feeling of purity or something? I guess that's what I mean.

Julian Casablancas: Yeah, I don't know if it's really doing... it's not really checking those boxes that I described to you earlier. I fought for that in the early days, and it made us butt heads. I like working in respectful environments.

Rebekah Sherman-Myntti: I hear you. Well, from how you've described The Voidz, it's a very collaborative and supportive dynamic.

Julian Casablancas: Yeah, I think success affects people differently. And so I think, in terms of The Strokes, I don't want to like, you know, name names, but I can't really relate to all of them, musically or otherwise.

bylinebyline.com/articles/julian-casablancas-the-voidz-interview

talks about how much he feels like it's become a day job and he's checked out a bit in this interview

“We had entered a mechanism that kept us together solely for financial reasons, pushing the band’s creativity into the background,” Casablancas explained. “So I came to the conclusion that wasn’t the way I wanted to develop.

“We hadn’t played for a while. So it was still fun, but when you start playing 30 or 40 shows, the music doesn’t move you. You feel phoney. To some extent, that’s why I play with The Voidz. I couldn’t care less about playing ‘Last Nite.’”

nme.com/news/music/the-strokes-staying-together-solely-for-financial-reasons-impacted-their-creativity-admits-julian-casablancas-3883675

Word thanks, pretty recent too

yeah and i've also seen him say he doesn't even talk to the other members outside of strokes related s*** at all, his basic attitude is that it's his day job and voidz is his real creative outlet now. but i think they can still make something truly great like New Abnormal under those conditions if it's done right!

album cover art is hot ass too

I thought Rick Rubin was working with them on the new one too, the way the artwork is and even the music tells me different

Rubin produced it

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Craaaazy

reality awaits but we live in a simulated reality

They done trapped your ass, don’t believe that.

this guy truly dont gaf about music no more

also comedown machine one of their best albums idgaf

i don't understand why so many people think it's not at least top 3 in their discog, and that's a lot of people that think that...

comedown machine and the new abnormal are so goated

i cant get into the new abnormal but comedown machine is special to me idk how to explain it but they were just trying random s*** and having fun and as a result the album is super varied and engaging

New song is cool I don’t get the hate

@op @Bow_And_Arrow

song is actually pretty good but why the autotune? it adds nothing. it detracts a lot from his vocal interpretation which might be good. However, it's all flatlined

Album out June 26th but my tour date is June 19th? lol

Thundercat opening

july 14 I will be there

single is 7/10
would be 10/10 without the autotune

It’s aight