Julian Casablancas has cited Philip Lynott and Thin Lizzy as one of the influences on The Strokes’ new album.
Talking to Rolling Stone about the work in progress, he says: “We have three songs. Some of the new stuff has a ‘70s vibe like Thin Lizzy or Elvis Costello. But then some of it is bizarre music from the future that we’re trying to tone down to sound catchy. So we’re trapped between the future and the ‘70s!”
The band’s mailing-list list members have also received an email from manager Ryan Gentles which reveals: “No recording studio time has been booked yet, as they sketch out the blueprints of new songs and fine-tune plans in their rehearsal space, but it will undoubtedly be all mapped out and etched in stone at some point in the not-too-distant future. I wish I could tell you that this definitely meant we can expect an album release date before the end of 2009, but it's just too soon to speculate on that for sure yet. One way or another... suffice to say, the work has begun!"