The Strokes

“Not to be obvious, but it feels like I've spent two years at home as the world is trying to get back on its feet,” the guitarist says. “So it has its hiccups, ...

“I remember the one thing we always talked about is that we wanted to create music that we felt was good, and something that could compete with what was out there,” Hammond says. “The coolest thing that I felt was that he kind of allowed us to be a band again,” he says. “I mean, time is a weird thing,” he says. “He has ideas to push you in directions when you’re maybe overwhelmed,” Hammond says. “It just still feels like we’re 18, we’ve finished rehearsals, and we’d stay somewhere for a while talking to each other. It allowed room to just exist and stay in a certain kind of head space during the whole process.” “You really believe in the record and shows keep popping up and you just kind of go with it.” “That’s a hard one to answer as one-fifth of the whole entity,” Hammond says. “I would have loved to be touring the whole time. “We try to go up and make it exciting,” he says. “I’m always looking at every night as a new way to bring the crowd to you. “Not to be obvious, but it feels like I’ve spent two years at home as the world is trying to get back on its feet,” the guitarist says.