with recent reports suggesting julian casablancas and nick valensi have started writing new material for the band's fourth album, i think it's safe to say anticipation can officially begin. by now we can assume all members have convened in new york as planned to continue writing and to start rehearsing. fabrizio moretti spoke to the bbc towards the end of january explaining that all members of the band were meeting very soon. moretti also said that the stokes are "the kind of band that it's not finished until everyone's in one room and everyone's got their parts perfectly. we're a very mechanical band." so it seems that there may be some time to wait until we hear material from the new album. in the meantime, here's an old demo version of 'i'll try anything once' with julian singing and playing keyboard.
the strokes - 'i'll try anything once' (julian on keyboard) [mediafire]
the strokes - 'i'll try anything once' (julian on keyboard) [yousendit]
