The Strokes begin fourth album

Finally some solid news coming out of the Strokes camp. After releasing the Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas’ solo album Phrazes for The Young in 2009, the band has converged again in New York to officially record their fourth album. Officially, the recordings began on the first day of February at Avatar Studios.

Joe Chiccarelli will be producing the new album. Chiccarelli has previously worked with U2, Beck and Bjork.The engineer for the record will be Gus Oberg.

There’s still no news or even quotes from the band regarding where they would like to take the Strokes sound for this fourth album. I’m hoping for a new and redefined sound for the band. The lo-fi post-punk garage sound that they helped define is getting a little long in the tooth and a fourth release is the perfect time for a redirection for any band. Here’s hoping they do get on with it.