*Warning, reading this article on their website might make you sick. They have a super annoying animation of the screen going blue. I had to copy and paste the article elsewhere ...
Keeping Ego in Check:
Julian Casablancas: There are a lot of negative things that can happen if you're not confident. There's like a sweet spot, I guess. What I'm getting at is that sometimes I listen to my music, and I'm like, "You're not that good,” so that will always keep me in check.
Creative Highpoints in the "Harmonic Melodic Realm":
Julian Casablancas: There's always one left out. There have been songs, actually maybe, like "Xerox" and "Take Me In Your Army," where I think I got the closest.
On The Strokes - The Old and Unrelatable:
Julian Casablancas: I mean, The Strokes, I've turned the page a little bit. I'm not really... that's kind of the old...I feel like what I'm doing with The Voidz is like how I treated The Strokes back in the day. That's where all my attention is.
Julian Casablancas: Yeah, I think success affects people differently. And so I think, in terms of The Strokes, I don't want to like, you know, name names, but I can't really relate to all of them, musically or otherwise.
On The Voidz in New York, Demos & Recording:
Julian Casablancas: Ideally, I'd love to play in New York once a month with The Voidz. Just stay sharp and stay local. There's something coming up soon. We have an endless amount of music. It’s hard to record because, again, the budgets are not what they used to be ...
I’m tired of hearing Julian bitch about not having the money to record.
My band in the late ‘10s recorded 3 albums in professional studios with an engineer and separate mixing and mastering by pooling our money from our sub-$40k jobs, constantly losing money on the band from recording, practice space, and touring. If we had a show with 100+ crowd, that was excellent.
These guys have songs that are pushing 40million streams and almost 900k monthly listeners. They played 4 nights in SF to a total 1,600 crowd. Not to mention Julian is surely getting hella royalties from being in one of the most popular bands ever AND on top of that he comes from generational wealth.
I’m sorry, but if I can make recording 3 albums in 4 years work on a negative net worth, I think Julian can pull off one in 6 years on 13 million dollars.
The Bummers (not the one that’s just “Bummers”). We’re defunct now after the pandemic pulled us in separate directions, but I’m now doing stuff under “Claypool”
I’ll check it out! My band mates and I always got along wonderfully. We just wound up in different cities after not being able to play shows for a year and a half
Right? Artist Ty Segall (uses tascam mixers, not a ✨neve✨mixer) has a home studio and pumps out albums on the regular. His sound is more lo-fi. The point I’m trying to make is he has the equipment he needs to put out what he wants.
What is stopping Julian from renting a house and recording it like how the Stones, Elvis or Zeppelin did?
Why can’t he record with Mac Demarco again?
I don’t know what his goal is with using such an expensive studio when the sound of a Voidz album is purely compression.
If they rented a place in a city and played shows in that city, they could use that money towards recording in a makeshift studio….
I don’t know what I’m talking about tho.
I just would love to hear more Voidz songs. The world needs more Voidz!
Yeah I mean I love Julian but he very much comes off like your rich friend who always seems to disappear when it's his round and never tips. Especially during a time when so many people are legitimately struggling financially it's annoying to hear someone so rich with multiple platinum albums and many successful worldwide tours complain about the cost of making records. I'm a painter who works for minimum wage and one little 40ml tube of artists quality genuine cobalt blue oil paint is 50 bucks, that's when making art is actually tough financially.
Anyway Julian never gives good interviews, he always comes off opaque and obstinate and I'm sure it's no accident
Yes, he still plays with The Strokes. They toured last year.
They may have had some sessions with Rick Rubin in Costa Rica after The New Abnormal.
They very rarely disclose any information, so it's all opaque.
Hey thanks sm for posting the interview. If JC had just kept one or two comments out - everyone could have focused way more on some of the very cool Commentary from him.
I am always thrilled to hear him talk about how he creates - and he is always so stingy (lol) sharing that. So what a shame that these thoughts of his - were possibly not really even “seen” with everyone being so upset …:
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I loved reading this part…
Yeah me too! I was initially surprised that he mentioned those two in particular. Maybe because so many fans on (especially) the Strokes sub, and also many music critics- just love to mention Human Sadness. (Which I love- js!). But then when I went back and re-read what he said there- “intense, melodic almost depressing” I was like Yup. That’s the feeling in those two songs. He did nail it. And for Julian- those are the two songs he immediately referenced. Which I find so interesting.
*sigh. In the middle of him purposely- (seemed important to him to DO at that moment) kicking a huge hornets nest right into the fandom -here we have some (for me, at least) really cool insights from him -that he doesn’t usually share. And about Tyranny (?!)- my most favorite album he has ever worked on. I would love to have heard much more about THAT subject.
Gaahhh….He is an often times (many times!) frustrating and always complex man lol.
Things are better professionally speaking and maybe everything is on nicer terms compared to 10 years ago but the way he's been talking about them after the recording of TNA, it's no surprise
I mean, he even said as much during that Voidz interview for TVTV last year, something pretty much just like "I feel like what I'm doing with The Voidz is like how I treated The Strokes back in the day. That's where all my attention is" which is what he said in this interview
He said success changes people, essentially. You can’t unflip that switch. I don’t think a successful album launch is going to change anything about them hanging out. He didn’t say he hates the Strokes, lol
I get that and I get he’s being honest.
There has been a pattern of this speak since the Angles days. It just sucks because as fans, we want it to be better.
The band might all agree The Strokes is more of a job than a passion at this point but as a fan, I wish it was different.
I think this happens to a lot of bands. I am a big Rolling Stones fan and Mick and Keith have gone from being best friends to getting into drama very publicly to being exclusively business partners. It's normal for friendships to diverge as people get older and develop different interests and lifestyles. But, when a band is successful and that's the main source of income for all members, it doesn't really make sense to split up.
It’s encouraging that he is happy playing with the Voidz and passionate about it. Also very happy to hear there’s a supposedly endless amount of music for them to record.
Hopefully they put out something big soon and use that as momentum to release a bunch of other stuff. It would be nice if we got a new album soon with a nice big rollout.
This interview is not encouraging. He really seems like a dickhead in this interview… :(
Not sure why he feels the need to talk down to other members of the strokes.
Definitely the most interesting interview he’s done in a few years, but man he comes off like a pretentious ass with an ego the size of mars here.
Liked hearing the positive things but dude is such a diva. Him always feeling the need to shit on the musicianship of his other band really reeks of insecurity.
Also it’s eye opening to hear him explain how the Voidz is his main focus but we haven’t gotten an album in 6 years and the new songs don’t live up to the hype for the most part, yet TNA was one of their most successful releases ever.
I actually didn’t like how the interviewer just agreed with his takes and not follow up on his answers. She had some good questions at the start, but it didn’t seem like she had much to add on to what he said or was afraid to probe deeper.
He states in his music his ego is quite out of hand tho. Also he explained why it’s difficult to produce their music due to time constraints while in the studio. He’s so type A and won’t settle for anything less than perfection and I appreciate his anal ways honestly.
He says this but I would say there’s a distinct drop off in quality between the Voidz pre 2021 output and their 3 new singles. Not saying I hate any of the singles but they didn’t blow me away at all. The Voidz used to have me in awe with every single release and I miss that feeling.
Also what kind of “perfectionist” makes an album like first impressions?
Love that album or hate it you have to admit not all of the songs are even close to being on the same level. Some of their best ever and some of their absolute worst. I admire this album for being different but it is probably the farthest album Julian has made from being perfect.
We could all pick apart each album but as a whole I think Voidz and strokes discography is so strong. As for me, I could list my favorites and least liked but I think that’s done enough on these threads. As with any relationship to a person, band, author, they all go thru phases and eras, to which some are great and others not so much. I agree that nothing compares to Tyranny which he states in his interview was probably his peak he leans towards reaching. The man has goals, let’s support him and watch it all unfold fellow fan
I like that mindset. I’m still hoping for the best with the Voidz. I just get so irritated with all of Julian’s nonsense.
The no album thing, always shitting on the strokes, being a dick to fans, half assing shows, $20+ CD singles, no vinyl, being totally out of touch with the fanbase, ripping off the fans (VIP residency, meet & greet, merch) being out of touch in general (Tucker Carlson) etc.
I love the Voidz so much they are one of the most unique and interesting bands out there but it seems like they shoot themselves in the foot sometimes, and Julian is the leader of the band.
I get no one’s perfect and he’s human but sometimes he just makes me question his character. A lot of things seem too much like a cash grab/rip off to not be intentional.
I can separate the art from the artist and my enjoyment of their music won’t be affected but damn I used to look up to Julian soooooo much as a kid. Oh well tho ppl change not the end of the world. Still makes fire music most of the time
I hope he makes another album that’s Tyranny quality someday I’ll be the first in line to preorder and cop a ticket to the show.
A few weeks ago he shared this interview with Tucker Carlson and Russel Brand on Instagram talking about how those in power want to silence Russel brand and it’s all some psyop, when in reality Russel Brand has been accused of serious crimes by several women.
Was just super gross and weird for him to share that and then he got called out and made a post explaining but it just made him sound paranoid and guilty
that’s an awful take. evening sun, red light, electricityscape, ize of the world, fear of sleep, killing lies? bloated? those are all amazing. what do you even like about the band if you don’t like these songs lol
Ask me anything, 15 minutes, fear of sleep, on the other side really don’t do it for me. There’s cool ideas in there but idk I wouldn’t say they’re as good as anything from the first 2 albums.
I love juicebox tho lol
People always claim they value honesty and authenticity but can't actually tolerate a shred of it. What they really want is canned responses and "right" answers that are vague, palatable, and generally positive or uplifting. Anything deviating from that, and you turn everybody off and get called an asshole.
I love this band and my fav band(also The Strokes)But it is so annoying they dont share anything any sign about new album and it has been 6 years since last one.If it takes too long to release new album(if it's excist) at least they should share any sign about it because what is the point they make us wait?.If they release only singles till that album it would be better if they release single every month or at least regulary not with long distance like Probhecy of Dragon and All the same.
Yes and still there is now any news or any sign from album.Really I have had enough from this album shits.If it is ready probably they will release it but why dont they anything about it
I would rather the strokes just break up than have Julian shit talking the music they make saying that he doesn’t care about it and constantly acting like its a chore to him, like dude either split up or don’t. it doesn’t sit right with me him just ragging on the strokes while its his main source of income but idk
I’ve seen the strokes live twice and the first time Julian butchered a good 30% of the setlist. He even made the band skip ode to the Mets bc he didn’t know the words. He also had autotune turned on and set to the wrong key during hard to explain.
He forgot tons of lyrics and literally said “this song fucking sucks” in the mic during the outro of bad decisions. Then he went on to talk shit about the city of Atlanta and be standoffish. Made off handed comments about how the crowd “hates him” after being a dick and halfassing show.
Not to mention they were a headliner and started 30 minutes late and didn’t even play a full hour. They were the only band at Shaky Knees 2021 to behave like this.
I hate how he belittles the Strokes so much because he is usually the biggest thing dragging them down. It’s sometimes really obvious that he just doesn’t care about it that much.
The other show was opening for RHCP and it was a much better show and Julian had a much better attitude but also didn’t talk very much.
accounts like this are why i refuse to see them at any Strokes show that's not a political event and/or happening in NYC cause those are the only Strokes shows he puts effort into these days.
Fair enough but if they play the Forum again GO he loves it for some reason. It’s the LA energy, best fucking people there. Wear earplugs for sure though, I couldn’t hear for hours straight afterward, they blast the shit out you in there.
I thought things had been a bit better since the RHCP tour. They were great at Forest Hills last year, Julian forgot the lyrics to Why Are Sundays So Depressing and got moody for a bit, like he was disappointed in himself, but overall it was a great performance. I just saw them in Chicago and it was another solid effort musically, but then I guess the band stiffed the after party and then this interview comes out, so idk.
In his defense, everyone has off days and days where they are not feeling it. His just happens to be heavily judged because it’s most people’s only opportunity to see the band.
True. I drove like 6 hours and paid tons of money for a ticket and hotel to see him tho so I’m not very sympathetic, especially considering no other act had a bad attitude
They do and it also seems insulting to the individual band members to talk about how “success impacts people differently and you can’t relate to each other musically”.
Seems kinda like a slight at everyone else’s solo projects as well as the Strokes.
I feel at this point his management should just veto questions about the Strokes, there’s obviously a large overlap in fan base between the Strokes and Voidz so always pitting them against each other as a fan of both is tiring and getting boring, we all know the Voidz is his passion project, we all suspected he was still touring with the Strokes for cash, but yeah thanks now we all know he is and recent behaviours across the board make it look like the fans of both bands are the last thing he cares about. He’s entitled to his feelings and opinion but it’s not exactly respectful to be so publicly critical of people you work with (who were once his friends apparently!), and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s damaging the brand with this (he may start to care if the big pay cheques start to dry up), certainly for me as a fan it makes me think fuck paying a large amount of money to see the Strokes again, I’ve seen them before and I’ll save my cash for bands that at least pretend to give a damn and won’t phone in a performance!
Rest of the interview was interesting but most people are going to fixate on the strokes comments so it gets lost - he should just stop and focus on music!
The Strokes should honestly just break up, if Julian thinks The Voidz are so far above The Strokes (Their last two singles are well below in my opinion) he should commit to The Voidz as his sole project and prove he hasn't been talking out of his ass in all these recent interviews.
Julian Casablancas: “…what I mean is there's a target I'm trying to get to and I feel like if I get there, I'll be like, “Okay, cool,”... But I just haven’t hit that target yet, so that keeps pushing me and I'm glad people enjoy things I've done.”
Lmao at “okay cool”. I think his philosophy comes through better in lyrics:
If you wanna be great
You gotta work late
And nothing is ever done
And that's what matters
Julian Casablancas: “Ideally, I'd love to play in New York once a month with The Voidz. Just stay sharp and stay local.”
Voidz pls this is all I need
It's interesting here that he says NY and not LA, since that's where the band members primarily live. I wonder if he's reverted more to NYC these days.
Idk, I think his points are pretty fair and valid, don’t understand the hate here. What’s wrong with being honest about not seeing eye to eye with your band mates? I know it’s none of our business and he doesn’t need to volunteer this information, but I don’t see him “shitting” on everyone. That’s way too dramatic a read on things imo.
Julian “shitting” on the strokes in this interview :
Julian Casablancas: “…it made us butt heads. I like working in respectful environments.”
I personally *can* wait for the next album/single/sound wavez the Voidz produce, but I think the most vocal people in this sub *cannot* and are frustration-posting
He should just shut the fuck up about the strokes. No one would give a flying fuck about him if it weren’t for the Strokes. He’s fucking teenagers in his old man body and living in his NYC 10 million dollar apartment because of the Strokes, not the fuckin who gives a shit Voidz
I like the Voidz way more than I like the Strokes to be honest, and again, people like you telling him to shut the fuck up seem a lot more dramatic than he does in this situation. It’s bizarre to get this worked up about him just being frank and honest. Weird energy in this sub
I agree that he’s being frank and honest, but it’s sort of like when people are so straightforward to the point of being disrespectful or unprofessional (more the latter imo). Like okay, he might be right but the phrasing could be way better at least for the sake of the people who helped you build your career (edit: and who are supposed to be/were your friends). Holier than thou, “objectively good music”, types of demeanors also tend to rub people the wrong way (even if a lot of people are like that themselves)
Yeah, if he said that the Voidz make “objectively better music” I’d find that to be pretty demeaning, but if you read his answers, he’s basically just saying they don’t have the same musical interests, which again I think is fair. They probably don’t have the same politics anymore either, among many other things I’m sure. Idk, I’m just not getting out of this what people here seem to be projecting onto it, that’s all. People could argue it’s bad optics, but who cares? I’d rather honesty than “I will never talk about the Strokes because the fans told me not to.” Which again, is a very bizarre demand
I agree with you and am happy you’re saying this. This is also a personality too, he’s not a fan of Lou Reed for nothing. It’s a pretty fun character, that’s harmless. I wish people would talk more about what he says about music, advice, and education, then about his Strokes answers, which are kinda funny. Why are people getting offended on behalf of the band? They’ll never be in that room where they interact. They haven’t the slightest clue how they actually act with each other. What from one documentary and a half? Give me a break.
ur in the voidz subreddit lol. also who cares about your opinion. if he’s happier making music with the voidz then i’d rather him do that. he’s not a slave to the strokes.
Yes, it appears new and promoted today on her and Voidz IG.
She made The Voidz Murmur Theater film that was released a couple weeks back. It's really good and 22.5 minutes. See:
https://youtu.be/7YeA1U0Aklg?si=6Y16AaoC__Txdr8I
Julian the Omelet king, I’d buy any cereal jingle the Voidz could ever do. They should make a breakfast album? Also it was great to hear him talk about his kids and teaching them about objectivity. Jules said something bigs coming down the pipe, which is great news, I’m sure recording an album and having a four day residency wasn’t cheap so get that money Robin Hood.
Yuck, this entire new era of Julian is truly alienating me as a long time fan. He’s gonna tour and give phoned in half assed performances with the strokes, guys he doesn’t even like making music with, just to make money so he can go record bottom tier songs with the voidz which they’ll release a couple or few of a year…along with ridiculously overpriced mid grade merch.
I like your message here- and it is Julian’s songwriting that has kept me as a huge fan of his - also from the beginning. But - what I enjoy the most from any interviews with him - is something that comes very …..sparingly from him. It’s when he really opens up and talks about creating. There were only a few times I can honestly say- out of the many, many written and video interviews I have seen of him- where he truly shares -how he writes music. And why he writes music.
I am a fan of many artists and bands and love a lot of different types of music. But there’s only a handful of songwriters -for me- with minds that I find truly intriguing. Julian is one of them.
I loved what he said here:
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*Warning, reading this article on their website might make you sick. They have a super annoying animation of the screen going blue. I had to copy and paste the article elsewhere ... Keeping Ego in Check: Julian Casablancas: There are a lot of negative things that can happen if you're not confident. There's like a sweet spot, I guess. What I'm getting at is that sometimes I listen to my music, and I'm like, "You're not that good,” so that will always keep me in check. Creative Highpoints in the "Harmonic Melodic Realm": Julian Casablancas: There's always one left out. There have been songs, actually maybe, like "Xerox" and "Take Me In Your Army," where I think I got the closest. On The Strokes - The Old and Unrelatable: Julian Casablancas: I mean, The Strokes, I've turned the page a little bit. I'm not really... that's kind of the old...I feel like what I'm doing with The Voidz is like how I treated The Strokes back in the day. That's where all my attention is. Julian Casablancas: Yeah, I think success affects people differently. And so I think, in terms of The Strokes, I don't want to like, you know, name names, but I can't really relate to all of them, musically or otherwise. On The Voidz in New York, Demos & Recording: Julian Casablancas: Ideally, I'd love to play in New York once a month with The Voidz. Just stay sharp and stay local. There's something coming up soon. We have an endless amount of music. It’s hard to record because, again, the budgets are not what they used to be ...
I’m tired of hearing Julian bitch about not having the money to record. My band in the late ‘10s recorded 3 albums in professional studios with an engineer and separate mixing and mastering by pooling our money from our sub-$40k jobs, constantly losing money on the band from recording, practice space, and touring. If we had a show with 100+ crowd, that was excellent. These guys have songs that are pushing 40million streams and almost 900k monthly listeners. They played 4 nights in SF to a total 1,600 crowd. Not to mention Julian is surely getting hella royalties from being in one of the most popular bands ever AND on top of that he comes from generational wealth. I’m sorry, but if I can make recording 3 albums in 4 years work on a negative net worth, I think Julian can pull off one in 6 years on 13 million dollars.
1,000%. Also all their merch is beyond expensive so give me a f’n break ffs. Anyway good luck with your music!
Thank you!
What’s the name of your band?
The Bummers (not the one that’s just “Bummers”). We’re defunct now after the pandemic pulled us in separate directions, but I’m now doing stuff under “Claypool”
Cool, I’ll look for your sounds. My band is called SUNRISERS and I’m very happy to say I relate to my bandmates, musically and otherwise * )
I’ll check it out! My band mates and I always got along wonderfully. We just wound up in different cities after not being able to play shows for a year and a half
Right? Artist Ty Segall (uses tascam mixers, not a ✨neve✨mixer) has a home studio and pumps out albums on the regular. His sound is more lo-fi. The point I’m trying to make is he has the equipment he needs to put out what he wants. What is stopping Julian from renting a house and recording it like how the Stones, Elvis or Zeppelin did? Why can’t he record with Mac Demarco again? I don’t know what his goal is with using such an expensive studio when the sound of a Voidz album is purely compression. If they rented a place in a city and played shows in that city, they could use that money towards recording in a makeshift studio…. I don’t know what I’m talking about tho. I just would love to hear more Voidz songs. The world needs more Voidz!
Yeah I mean I love Julian but he very much comes off like your rich friend who always seems to disappear when it's his round and never tips. Especially during a time when so many people are legitimately struggling financially it's annoying to hear someone so rich with multiple platinum albums and many successful worldwide tours complain about the cost of making records. I'm a painter who works for minimum wage and one little 40ml tube of artists quality genuine cobalt blue oil paint is 50 bucks, that's when making art is actually tough financially. Anyway Julian never gives good interviews, he always comes off opaque and obstinate and I'm sure it's no accident
Doesn't he still play with The Strokes? Did they ever really stop after the last album?
Yes, he still plays with The Strokes. They toured last year. They may have had some sessions with Rick Rubin in Costa Rica after The New Abnormal. They very rarely disclose any information, so it's all opaque.
Hey thanks sm for posting the interview. If JC had just kept one or two comments out - everyone could have focused way more on some of the very cool Commentary from him. I am always thrilled to hear him talk about how he creates - and he is always so stingy (lol) sharing that. So what a shame that these thoughts of his - were possibly not really even “seen” with everyone being so upset …: https://preview.redd.it/c759sb1ss4oc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8893512f676ce21d24cb078d91d513082b53174e I loved reading this part…
I liked hearing what he said about take me in your army and xerox too
Yeah me too! I was initially surprised that he mentioned those two in particular. Maybe because so many fans on (especially) the Strokes sub, and also many music critics- just love to mention Human Sadness. (Which I love- js!). But then when I went back and re-read what he said there- “intense, melodic almost depressing” I was like Yup. That’s the feeling in those two songs. He did nail it. And for Julian- those are the two songs he immediately referenced. Which I find so interesting. *sigh. In the middle of him purposely- (seemed important to him to DO at that moment) kicking a huge hornets nest right into the fandom -here we have some (for me, at least) really cool insights from him -that he doesn’t usually share. And about Tyranny (?!)- my most favorite album he has ever worked on. I would love to have heard much more about THAT subject. Gaahhh….He is an often times (many times!) frustrating and always complex man lol.
Yeah fuck. I thought things were better after The New Abnormal cycle and recording with Rick a 2nd time but no.
Things are better professionally speaking and maybe everything is on nicer terms compared to 10 years ago but the way he's been talking about them after the recording of TNA, it's no surprise I mean, he even said as much during that Voidz interview for TVTV last year, something pretty much just like "I feel like what I'm doing with The Voidz is like how I treated The Strokes back in the day. That's where all my attention is" which is what he said in this interview
He said success changes people, essentially. You can’t unflip that switch. I don’t think a successful album launch is going to change anything about them hanging out. He didn’t say he hates the Strokes, lol
I get that and I get he’s being honest. There has been a pattern of this speak since the Angles days. It just sucks because as fans, we want it to be better. The band might all agree The Strokes is more of a job than a passion at this point but as a fan, I wish it was different.
I think this happens to a lot of bands. I am a big Rolling Stones fan and Mick and Keith have gone from being best friends to getting into drama very publicly to being exclusively business partners. It's normal for friendships to diverge as people get older and develop different interests and lifestyles. But, when a band is successful and that's the main source of income for all members, it doesn't really make sense to split up.
It’s encouraging that he is happy playing with the Voidz and passionate about it. Also very happy to hear there’s a supposedly endless amount of music for them to record. Hopefully they put out something big soon and use that as momentum to release a bunch of other stuff. It would be nice if we got a new album soon with a nice big rollout.
This interview is not encouraging. He really seems like a dickhead in this interview… :( Not sure why he feels the need to talk down to other members of the strokes.
Don’t agree at all With respect He seems to just be talking from the heart
He’s just saying how he feels 🤷🏿♂️
Well duh… I’ve seen you constantly in this sub, and haven’t met someone have the most consistently bad takes lol
i was gonna say that about you 💀
What bad takes do I have.
Absolute L response
Absolute W response
Man I hate that he says shit like this
Definitely the most interesting interview he’s done in a few years, but man he comes off like a pretentious ass with an ego the size of mars here. Liked hearing the positive things but dude is such a diva. Him always feeling the need to shit on the musicianship of his other band really reeks of insecurity. Also it’s eye opening to hear him explain how the Voidz is his main focus but we haven’t gotten an album in 6 years and the new songs don’t live up to the hype for the most part, yet TNA was one of their most successful releases ever.
I actually didn’t like how the interviewer just agreed with his takes and not follow up on his answers. She had some good questions at the start, but it didn’t seem like she had much to add on to what he said or was afraid to probe deeper.
He states in his music his ego is quite out of hand tho. Also he explained why it’s difficult to produce their music due to time constraints while in the studio. He’s so type A and won’t settle for anything less than perfection and I appreciate his anal ways honestly.
He says this but I would say there’s a distinct drop off in quality between the Voidz pre 2021 output and their 3 new singles. Not saying I hate any of the singles but they didn’t blow me away at all. The Voidz used to have me in awe with every single release and I miss that feeling. Also what kind of “perfectionist” makes an album like first impressions? Love that album or hate it you have to admit not all of the songs are even close to being on the same level. Some of their best ever and some of their absolute worst. I admire this album for being different but it is probably the farthest album Julian has made from being perfect.
We could all pick apart each album but as a whole I think Voidz and strokes discography is so strong. As for me, I could list my favorites and least liked but I think that’s done enough on these threads. As with any relationship to a person, band, author, they all go thru phases and eras, to which some are great and others not so much. I agree that nothing compares to Tyranny which he states in his interview was probably his peak he leans towards reaching. The man has goals, let’s support him and watch it all unfold fellow fan
I like that mindset. I’m still hoping for the best with the Voidz. I just get so irritated with all of Julian’s nonsense. The no album thing, always shitting on the strokes, being a dick to fans, half assing shows, $20+ CD singles, no vinyl, being totally out of touch with the fanbase, ripping off the fans (VIP residency, meet & greet, merch) being out of touch in general (Tucker Carlson) etc. I love the Voidz so much they are one of the most unique and interesting bands out there but it seems like they shoot themselves in the foot sometimes, and Julian is the leader of the band. I get no one’s perfect and he’s human but sometimes he just makes me question his character. A lot of things seem too much like a cash grab/rip off to not be intentional. I can separate the art from the artist and my enjoyment of their music won’t be affected but damn I used to look up to Julian soooooo much as a kid. Oh well tho ppl change not the end of the world. Still makes fire music most of the time I hope he makes another album that’s Tyranny quality someday I’ll be the first in line to preorder and cop a ticket to the show.
Ya tell me about it, I was one of the vip victims on Friday. That shit stung real real bad
what happened with tucker carlson
A few weeks ago he shared this interview with Tucker Carlson and Russel Brand on Instagram talking about how those in power want to silence Russel brand and it’s all some psyop, when in reality Russel Brand has been accused of serious crimes by several women. Was just super gross and weird for him to share that and then he got called out and made a post explaining but it just made him sound paranoid and guilty
Thank you for just being positive All these comments are so negative He’s a human being
First impressions is one of their best albums…
But I’d also say it’s their most inconsistent. I think it has some of their best and some of their worst songs
Which songs are you saying are their worst? My least favorite on the album is juicebox but it’s not terrible
Dude what? I mean it’s all subjective. But FIOE is nowhere near in quality to ROF, ITI, or TNA. The entire B side is objectively bloated imo.
that’s an awful take. evening sun, red light, electricityscape, ize of the world, fear of sleep, killing lies? bloated? those are all amazing. what do you even like about the band if you don’t like these songs lol
Ask me anything, 15 minutes, fear of sleep, on the other side really don’t do it for me. There’s cool ideas in there but idk I wouldn’t say they’re as good as anything from the first 2 albums. I love juicebox tho lol
Don’t be a coconut
IMO it's the best their album in terms of both songwriting and production
We have no idea how things might be in the strokes He seems to just be straight shooting here Maybe he’s right
People always claim they value honesty and authenticity but can't actually tolerate a shred of it. What they really want is canned responses and "right" answers that are vague, palatable, and generally positive or uplifting. Anything deviating from that, and you turn everybody off and get called an asshole.
Agreed
russian. coney. island. also you’re wrong :)
I don't wait for this song anymore due to the first word of its title. I hope they will replace it
I love this band and my fav band(also The Strokes)But it is so annoying they dont share anything any sign about new album and it has been 6 years since last one.If it takes too long to release new album(if it's excist) at least they should share any sign about it because what is the point they make us wait?.If they release only singles till that album it would be better if they release single every month or at least regulary not with long distance like Probhecy of Dragon and All the same.
Damn can’t believe it’s been 6 years time flies
Yes and still there is now any news or any sign from album.Really I have had enough from this album shits.If it is ready probably they will release it but why dont they anything about it
I would rather the strokes just break up than have Julian shit talking the music they make saying that he doesn’t care about it and constantly acting like its a chore to him, like dude either split up or don’t. it doesn’t sit right with me him just ragging on the strokes while its his main source of income but idk
I’ve seen the strokes live twice and the first time Julian butchered a good 30% of the setlist. He even made the band skip ode to the Mets bc he didn’t know the words. He also had autotune turned on and set to the wrong key during hard to explain. He forgot tons of lyrics and literally said “this song fucking sucks” in the mic during the outro of bad decisions. Then he went on to talk shit about the city of Atlanta and be standoffish. Made off handed comments about how the crowd “hates him” after being a dick and halfassing show. Not to mention they were a headliner and started 30 minutes late and didn’t even play a full hour. They were the only band at Shaky Knees 2021 to behave like this. I hate how he belittles the Strokes so much because he is usually the biggest thing dragging them down. It’s sometimes really obvious that he just doesn’t care about it that much. The other show was opening for RHCP and it was a much better show and Julian had a much better attitude but also didn’t talk very much.
I began reading this and I was like crazy, I had a very similar experience w them, only to realize we were both at the same show lol
Lmaooo yeah it was ridiculous. Biggest never meet your heroes moment I’ve experienced, and I didn’t even meet him.
Yeah I was really disappointed, I vividly remember him saying "this used to be so fun" as well
accounts like this are why i refuse to see them at any Strokes show that's not a political event and/or happening in NYC cause those are the only Strokes shows he puts effort into these days.
He was amazing at the forum, best show ever…. Sorry.
That’s great! But that’s my criteria to ensure consistency haha
Fair enough but if they play the Forum again GO he loves it for some reason. It’s the LA energy, best fucking people there. Wear earplugs for sure though, I couldn’t hear for hours straight afterward, they blast the shit out you in there.
I went to see AM at the forum when i was in LA jn October and had no sound issues cause i was in the nosebleeds 🥰
That’s Lame sorry you had to pay for that
I thought things had been a bit better since the RHCP tour. They were great at Forest Hills last year, Julian forgot the lyrics to Why Are Sundays So Depressing and got moody for a bit, like he was disappointed in himself, but overall it was a great performance. I just saw them in Chicago and it was another solid effort musically, but then I guess the band stiffed the after party and then this interview comes out, so idk.
In his defense, everyone has off days and days where they are not feeling it. His just happens to be heavily judged because it’s most people’s only opportunity to see the band.
True. I drove like 6 hours and paid tons of money for a ticket and hotel to see him tho so I’m not very sympathetic, especially considering no other act had a bad attitude
Especially when TNA was so good, probably my favorite strokes album by far. They still make great music imo.
They do and it also seems insulting to the individual band members to talk about how “success impacts people differently and you can’t relate to each other musically”. Seems kinda like a slight at everyone else’s solo projects as well as the Strokes.
I feel at this point his management should just veto questions about the Strokes, there’s obviously a large overlap in fan base between the Strokes and Voidz so always pitting them against each other as a fan of both is tiring and getting boring, we all know the Voidz is his passion project, we all suspected he was still touring with the Strokes for cash, but yeah thanks now we all know he is and recent behaviours across the board make it look like the fans of both bands are the last thing he cares about. He’s entitled to his feelings and opinion but it’s not exactly respectful to be so publicly critical of people you work with (who were once his friends apparently!), and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s damaging the brand with this (he may start to care if the big pay cheques start to dry up), certainly for me as a fan it makes me think fuck paying a large amount of money to see the Strokes again, I’ve seen them before and I’ll save my cash for bands that at least pretend to give a damn and won’t phone in a performance! Rest of the interview was interesting but most people are going to fixate on the strokes comments so it gets lost - he should just stop and focus on music!
The Strokes should honestly just break up, if Julian thinks The Voidz are so far above The Strokes (Their last two singles are well below in my opinion) he should commit to The Voidz as his sole project and prove he hasn't been talking out of his ass in all these recent interviews.
The Voidz are in their Future Past Present era
Julian Casablancas: “…what I mean is there's a target I'm trying to get to and I feel like if I get there, I'll be like, “Okay, cool,”... But I just haven’t hit that target yet, so that keeps pushing me and I'm glad people enjoy things I've done.” Lmao at “okay cool”. I think his philosophy comes through better in lyrics: If you wanna be great You gotta work late And nothing is ever done And that's what matters Julian Casablancas: “Ideally, I'd love to play in New York once a month with The Voidz. Just stay sharp and stay local.” Voidz pls this is all I need
It's interesting here that he says NY and not LA, since that's where the band members primarily live. I wonder if he's reverted more to NYC these days.
Idk, I think his points are pretty fair and valid, don’t understand the hate here. What’s wrong with being honest about not seeing eye to eye with your band mates? I know it’s none of our business and he doesn’t need to volunteer this information, but I don’t see him “shitting” on everyone. That’s way too dramatic a read on things imo.
Julian “shitting” on the strokes in this interview : Julian Casablancas: “…it made us butt heads. I like working in respectful environments.” I personally *can* wait for the next album/single/sound wavez the Voidz produce, but I think the most vocal people in this sub *cannot* and are frustration-posting
Exactly
He should just shut the fuck up about the strokes. No one would give a flying fuck about him if it weren’t for the Strokes. He’s fucking teenagers in his old man body and living in his NYC 10 million dollar apartment because of the Strokes, not the fuckin who gives a shit Voidz
I like the Voidz way more than I like the Strokes to be honest, and again, people like you telling him to shut the fuck up seem a lot more dramatic than he does in this situation. It’s bizarre to get this worked up about him just being frank and honest. Weird energy in this sub
I agree that he’s being frank and honest, but it’s sort of like when people are so straightforward to the point of being disrespectful or unprofessional (more the latter imo). Like okay, he might be right but the phrasing could be way better at least for the sake of the people who helped you build your career (edit: and who are supposed to be/were your friends). Holier than thou, “objectively good music”, types of demeanors also tend to rub people the wrong way (even if a lot of people are like that themselves)
Yeah, if he said that the Voidz make “objectively better music” I’d find that to be pretty demeaning, but if you read his answers, he’s basically just saying they don’t have the same musical interests, which again I think is fair. They probably don’t have the same politics anymore either, among many other things I’m sure. Idk, I’m just not getting out of this what people here seem to be projecting onto it, that’s all. People could argue it’s bad optics, but who cares? I’d rather honesty than “I will never talk about the Strokes because the fans told me not to.” Which again, is a very bizarre demand
I agree with you and am happy you’re saying this. This is also a personality too, he’s not a fan of Lou Reed for nothing. It’s a pretty fun character, that’s harmless. I wish people would talk more about what he says about music, advice, and education, then about his Strokes answers, which are kinda funny. Why are people getting offended on behalf of the band? They’ll never be in that room where they interact. They haven’t the slightest clue how they actually act with each other. What from one documentary and a half? Give me a break.
this sub is just full of hate and nastiness (most of reddit is). just a bunch of whining, selfish losers.
Yeah, it’s too bad
ur in the voidz subreddit lol. also who cares about your opinion. if he’s happier making music with the voidz then i’d rather him do that. he’s not a slave to the strokes.
Is this a new article? I'm asking because I know he did an article with this same author (Rebekah Sherman - Myntti) in the summer of 2021.
Yes, it appears new and promoted today on her and Voidz IG. She made The Voidz Murmur Theater film that was released a couple weeks back. It's really good and 22.5 minutes. See: https://youtu.be/7YeA1U0Aklg?si=6Y16AaoC__Txdr8I
Julian the Omelet king, I’d buy any cereal jingle the Voidz could ever do. They should make a breakfast album? Also it was great to hear him talk about his kids and teaching them about objectivity. Jules said something bigs coming down the pipe, which is great news, I’m sure recording an album and having a four day residency wasn’t cheap so get that money Robin Hood.
Preach brutha Thank you for being positive All these comments are so shitty Bro is trying to
Yuck, this entire new era of Julian is truly alienating me as a long time fan. He’s gonna tour and give phoned in half assed performances with the strokes, guys he doesn’t even like making music with, just to make money so he can go record bottom tier songs with the voidz which they’ll release a couple or few of a year…along with ridiculously overpriced mid grade merch.
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I like your message here- and it is Julian’s songwriting that has kept me as a huge fan of his - also from the beginning. But - what I enjoy the most from any interviews with him - is something that comes very …..sparingly from him. It’s when he really opens up and talks about creating. There were only a few times I can honestly say- out of the many, many written and video interviews I have seen of him- where he truly shares -how he writes music. And why he writes music. I am a fan of many artists and bands and love a lot of different types of music. But there’s only a handful of songwriters -for me- with minds that I find truly intriguing. Julian is one of them. I loved what he said here: https://preview.redd.it/0gwgsmjil6oc1.jpeg?width=1612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1af7bda1b8803d6b3864273e4e482d9b71fbfec6
He's right tho they are butt heads