Julian Casablancas- Phrazes for The Young

Earlier this week Julian Casablancas, front man of The Strokes, released his first solo album Phrazes for The Young  . Today it was added to the Spotify catalogue.

Casablancas has always been the main songwriter of The Strokes but this is the first time he’s left the rest of the gang to record an album of his own. Of Course, the album has a kind of Strokes feeling to it but certainly comes with a personal touch. And I have to say that it sounds pretty great. The opening track Out of the Blue is my favorite so far but Phrazes for The Young offers a lot more. I think it’s safe to say that the first single 11th Dimension will fill a lot of dance floors in the next couple of months.

Check out what Julian Casablancas has to say about working on his own and the next Stokes album:

P.S. Julian Casablancas isn’t the first member of The Strokes to go of on a solo adventure, Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has had a lot of success with his two albums:
 Yours to Keep (2006) ( on which Casablancas both played bass and sang back-up vocals) 
¿Como Te Llama? (2008).