Albert Hammond Jr. Explains Strokes Album Delay, Joins Kennyhoopla On “NEW AMERICA//”

The Strokes' rollout for new album Reality Awaits has not gone smoothly. Some fans have revolted against Julian Casablancas' use of Auto-Tune on " Going Shopping " and " Falling Out Of Love ," to the point that guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. felt compelled to go on the record insisting that he doesn't hate the new material . The band's other founding guitarist, Nick Valensi, took an unexplained hiatus from the group in the middle of the campaign, and he hasn't yet returned. Then the release date was pushed back by a month , from June 26 to July 24. Now Hammond has offered a rationale for that mo

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Albert Hammond Jr. Explains Strokes Album Delay, Joins Kennyhoopla On “NEW AMERICA//”

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