Julian Casablancas says stepping back helped The Strokes

Julian Casablancas thinks his decision not to attend recording sessions with his Strokes bandmates made them a better group. The frontman surprised fans when it emerged he hadn’t joined bandmates Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti or Albert Hammond Jr. in the recording studio last August, but he insists this was to make sure everyone got involved in the sessions. He said: “To get everyone to really collaborate and step in, it really takes me to step back from it all. Like fully...

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