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 …


