US EditionWORLD PREMIERE: The Strokes - ‘Going Shopping’
The track was first mailed on cassette to 100 fans and features autotuned vocals that deadpan a critique of capitalism.
- The Strokes officially released their new single "Going Shopping" on Wednesday and announced their seventh album, Reality Awaits, arriving June 26 via Cult Records and RCA Records.
- Last week, the band sent 100 fans on The Strokes SMS marketing list a cassette tape containing "Going Shopping," teasing the upcoming release before making it available to streaming services.
- Marking their first LP in six years, "Going Shopping" features classic Strokes guitar riffs and synths with frontman Julian Casablancas delivering a deadpan critique of capitalism over the track.
- The Strokes begin a summer festival run this weekend at Coachella, with additional dates scheduled throughout Japan and California in the coming months.
- Julian Casablancas emphasized the band found new creative impetus, stating he is "searching for something unexplored" rather than maintaining status quo for financial security.
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Redacción Internacional, 8 abr (EFE).- The Strokes will release its new album, ‘Reality Awakes’, recorded in Costa Rica and released on Wednesday the first single, ‘Going Shopping’. The New York band has recorded what is their seventh studio album together with producer Rick Rubin, reported in a press release Sony Music. A work that arrives six years after ‘The New Abnormal’ and that involves the meeting of members of the band, who in recent yea…
The Strokes released a new song entitled “Going Shopping” in an unusual format: cassettes sent by mail to a small group of fans. The action was part of a campaign started days earlier, when the band opened a subscription via SMS requesting personal data, including physical addresses, to receive exclusive material. The package received by some privileged fans of The Strokes. According to Stereogum, only about 100 people received the cassette. The…
WORLD PREMIERE: The Strokes - ‘Going Shopping’
Before The Strokes kick off a run festival sets this weekend with Coachella, the band has shared a new song, “Going Shopping.” Hear the WORLD PREMIERE of The Strokes’ “Going Shopping” right here and on the free Audacy app.
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