No Rock And Roll Fun

AT THE THIRD STROKE: Things seem to be shaping up and around for the third Strokes album to arrive to general disappointment in Spring 2005. They're promising a "radically different sound", which, on third albums, usually means a smattering of half-arsed experimentation which pisses off all but the hardest core of fans and fails to satisfy the wider music realm. The disappointing album is expected to be supported by a tour of three-quarters full venues and the cancellation of several European festival appearances in Summer 2005, with an album promising to strip things down and get back to the core sound sometime around Valentine's Day 2006.