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" Hailed as a the best band to come out of the New York City rock scene in the early 2000s, Julian Casablancas and The Strokes have had a hard time topping their early successes. I&amp;#039;m not saying &amp;quot;The Strokes have kind of been progressively sucking more and more with each album since 2003&amp;quot; but were I to say it, it would undoubtedly be correct. A trailer for Casablancas&amp;#039;s new solo album appeared today online, and from the sound of it, the album will return to the pithy laissez-faire punk sound that made The Strokes such a big deal in the first place. Visually, you ain&amp;#039;t missing a whole lot: There are various shots of Julian and his posse walking around NYC like H&amp;amp;amp;M-clad versions of The Warriors interspersed with cuts of people protesting and burning, and the whole thing appears to have been made in the 1980s if the graphics are anything to go by. Have a look for yourself:      Musically, though, there are some really interesting cuts. Whereas the last two Strokes album (and Casablancas&amp;#039;s first solo album) sound like they&amp;#039;ve been recorded using every instrument known to mankind, the trailer for &amp;quot;Julian Casablancas + the Voidz&amp;quot; sounds like he&amp;#039;s finally returning to his roots without leaning too heavily on the &amp;#039;80s revivalist button. There isn&amp;#039;t a release date yet, but Casablancas is set to play Governors Ball in June. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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