The Strokes Announce 4th Album Details

After an extensive hiatus, The Strokes seem poised to make good their return to music. The band recently divulged to Rolling Stone several details concerning their forthcoming fourth album, which has been overrun by delays for almost two years. The album now has a confirmed release date of March 22nd, and is tentatively titled 'Angles'. It will be the band's first release since 2006's 'First Impressions of Earth'.

The album's title, 'Angles' is reportedly a result of their new, band-centric approach. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. clarifies the title is, "what the record sounds like. It comes from five different people" as opposed to previous albums which were largely under the control of singer Julian Casablancas. "This is the first one where we are truly working democratically," disclosed guitarist Nick Valensi. "It's taken a long time because this is a new model for us."

The ten-song LP claims to be a return to the skeletal ferocity of their first two albums, without sacrificing the stylistic depth the band has developed over the last 10 years. Song titles mentioned by the band include "Taken for a Fool," "Life Is Simple," "Call Me Back," "Radio Minor Madness," and "Macchu Picchu" described by Rolling Stone as "a rough wall of jangle over a hip-hop grind, as if the Strokes are cutting a Jay-Z track via the Rolling Stones' Aftermath." The probable lead single is titled "Undercover of Darkness." If this play on a familiar turn of phrase ("under cover of darkness") is at all indicative of the album as a whole then we can expect a fresh new perspective on the classic Strokes sound.