New Strokes album

The Strokes drummer announces recording plans for next album

23 January 2009 - After a three year hiatus, The Strokes have confirmed they’ll start work on their fourth album in February.

Since 2006’s First Impressions Of Earth, several of the band members have been busy working on side projects, leading to rumours of a split.

Bassist Nikolai Fraiture hinted the band would record another album when he spoke to 6 Music back in October, but fresh from a performance with Little Joy in the hub, drummer Fabrizio Moretti confirmed the news.

"I have to go back to New York to work with The Strokes for the next record in February," he explained.

"Hopefully time will lay itself down, not linearly, but in a mesh form so that I can slip through the holes and come down to the Little Joy timeline and jump back up to The Strokes timeline."

"I have to go back to New York to work with The Strokes for the next record in February."
Fabrizio Moretti

Fabrizio said it was too early to describe how the album will sound: "Julian has started writing and Nick has got some material as well.

"We’re the kind of band that it’s not finished until everyone’s in one room and everyone’s got their parts perfectly. We’re a very mechanical band."

The band will begin work next month, but Fabrizio couldn’t say when fans would be able to hear the new material: "It might be in a couple of months, it might be in a year."

Will Drysdale