The Strokes return with a ballad that treats Auto-Tune not as polish but as texture, framing emotional distance through restraint rather than release.
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The Strokes return with a ballad that treats Auto-Tune not as polish but as texture, framing emotional distance through restraint rather than release.
The guitarist will take an unspecified temporary break, replaced by Longwave’s Steve Schiltz. His absence was already felt during the band’s Late Show performance.
The Strokes frontman expanded on the political messaging from the band’s Coachella set during a new podcast appearance.
The band concluded their festival performance with a visual protest addressing American foreign policy, marking a pointed end to their set.
The band confirms a worldwide tour starting in June, with support from Thundercat, Cage the Elephant, and others, alongside their first album in four years.
The band’s Saturday night set mixed early hits with Julian Casablancas’s signature, politically-tinged stage banter.
The New York band will release their Rick Rubin-produced follow-up to ‘The New Abnormal’ this summer.
