The Strokes had a magical expertise working with Rick Rubin.
The ‘Late Nite’ hitmakers are but to formally introduced their seventh album – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘The New Irregular’ – however they teamed up with the legendary producer within the mountains in Costa Rica.
Reflecting on the classes, guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. advised Maxim: “I don’t suppose if I advised you what it seemed like and what it was, you’d absolutely perceive the ‘magical-ness’ of the place we had been and the way it was to report like that.
“It felt actually touching that one among his favourite recording experiences was this one he simply had proper now.”
Though there isn’t a timeline on the subsequent LP, Albert admitted the gathering could possibly be even higher than their iconic 2001 debut ‘Is This It’.
He teased: “I actually suppose what excites me about desirous to play music and proceed doing it’s, I don’t suppose we’ve written our greatest songs but. I actually really feel that in my intestine.”
In the meantime, he is delighted the group have had such longevity, and he’s grateful to have such an enduring profession.
He added: “I can’t consider I nonetheless get to play music… I take nothing without any consideration.”
Rubin first teamed up with the band in 2017, once they first began engaged on ‘The New Irregular’, which included singles reminiscent of ‘Dangerous Selections’ and ‘The Adults Are Speaking’.
Again in October, he revealed: “A couple of months in the past I used to be in Costa Rica, recording a brand new album with The Strokes, and we rented this home up on the highest of a mountain and set the band up exterior.
“In order that they’re enjoying… It’s like they’re doing a live performance for the ocean, on the highest of a mountain. It was unimaginable.
“And we did that each day, enjoying out within the [open], and so they didn’t wish to depart. It was, like, one of the best expertise.”
