The Strokes front man Julian Casablancas has admitted that he has not been putting as much effort into his writing sessions as he would have hoped.
The album, Angles, was a huge hit, however Julian wanted a break after the album after discovering guitarist Nick Valensi wanted to use The bands songs for his solo career.
"He [Valensi] wanted to do a solo record of songs we that we arranged together in The Strokes but because we have a contract he wasn't allowed to do that," Casablancas told Q.
The Strokes have admitted that they have been edgy with one another at time made worse with Valensi wanting to pursue a solo career.
"It's hard for me sometimes because I do feel like people if they could would stab me to get to the top," he said. "I'm kidding of course… that's why the whole 'friend' thing is hard for me. We do interviews and they point the finger at me. They're my such good buddies that everything is my fault. We should have called the album 'Frenemies'."
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