The Strokes attempt to row back on album claims by member's father

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