Julian Casablancas on why he’s “kind of stepped away a little bit” from “very cool day job” in The Strokes
nme.comJulian Casablancas has spoken about why he’s “kind of stepped away a little bit” from The Strokes.Casablancas, who founded The Strokes in 1997, spoke to the LA Times about his decision to “step away” from the band.
Their last album was 2020’s ‘The New Abnormal‘; since then, Casablancas has just released a new album with his experimental side project The Voidz, which dropped back in September.Speaking with LA Times, Casablancas was asked whether there was anything he missed about working with the Strokes or the Voidz, to which he replied: “Probably one direction more than the other.
I don’t know if I can answer that without being offensive to someone.”When the LA Times presumed “that means you miss the Voidz”, Casablancas confirmed: “sometimes, yeah”.Casablancas was then asked whether he felt like he was contributing to an “opiate-of-the-masses vibe” when playing with The Strokes.
In response, Casablancas said: “No, because I think I put political thoughts now in Strokes songs too.“I always have to some degree,” he added. “I definitely think a lot of Strokes fans don’t get that about it so much, which is maybe why I’ve kind of stepped away a little bit.
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