One of the more bizzare music stories in recent memory was the interview with Albert Hammond, the father of Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., in which the clearly bursting-with-pride dad announced that the Strokes were recording a new album with Rick Rubin.

The bubble may have been burst however, with Hammond Jr. taking to Twitter to counter the claims:

Sorry everyone we are not in the studio recording

— Albert Hammond Jr (@alberthammondjr) July 30, 2017

Forgive Albert Sr he got prematurely excited. A lot of unknowns and nothing worth speaking about at this time.

— Albert Hammond Jr (@alberthammondjr) July 30, 2017

We met and played a few music ideas for Rick to feel out a vibe but even a theoretical album plan would be years away, if at all.

— Albert Hammond Jr (@alberthammondjr) July 30, 2017

Frontman Julian Casablancas followed, backing up Hammond's tweets.

true. altho, on the bright/dark side: https://t.co/ydEU6hg9m8

— Julian Casablancas (@Casablancas_J) July 30, 2017

gearing up for TheVoidz actually. will have some new music for everyone to publicly judge soon.

— Julian Casablancas (@Casablancas_J) July 30, 2017

(What Albert Sr meant to say is we are working with NBA point guard Ricky Rubio on a new offense for our basketball league)

— Julian Casablancas (@Casablancas_J) July 30, 2017

Despite these attempts to stifle the rumour mill, Strokes fans are now even more suspicious:

bright/dark side is the name of new strokes album.

— ㅤ (@unchaime) July 30, 2017

THE STROKES ARE TRYING SO HARD TO COVER UP THEIR SHIT JULIAN EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO SAY IT WAS ABT A BASKETBALL LEAGUE IM OEEING

— kalena =( (@izeoftheworrld) July 30, 2017

Finally, one fan had the perfect response:

every single strokes fan right now pic.twitter.com/MlHS1zJHAs

— scout ⚰ (@humansadnyss) July 30, 2017