Julian Casablancas of The Strokes has shared his present barely unconventional pastime – studying talk with crows.

When Mojo asks Casablancas to inform them one thing he’d by no means instructed an interviewer earlier than, he replies, “I’ve been attempting to speak with crows these days. I heard they’ve an intricate sonic language, however I haven’t had any luck.”

Crows are thought-about to be among the many most clever animal species on the planet, utilizing instruments, remembering faces, and fixing issues, but it surely doesn’t appear to be going easily for Casablancas to this point. He explains that he determined to make use of meals as a way to speak with them: “I used to be attempting to feed one M&Ms earlier, however he wasn’t having it. Individuals can catch me making bizarre noises, attempting to imitate the crow. I feel the crows are extra startled than the people.”

Elsewhere within the interview, he discusses the brand new album – Like All Earlier than You – from his different band, The Voidz, which was launched as we speak (20 September), and compares writing Voidz songs to writing Strokes songs. He says, “Voidz songs are the place my thoughts has been pushing me, and the place I need to go, and the place I’m. However the capacity or functionality or muscle reminiscence of writing Strokes-sequel stuff is simply all the time going to be there. When these songs seem, it makes extra sense to place them in every class, but it surely’s not all the time that clear. However there’s extra ‘no-limits’ with The Voidz.”

When requested if Like All Earlier than You is an idea album, he suggests, “I assume just a little. Perhaps subconsciously. It hopefully hits when you’ve got taken mushrooms. I had simply watched Gone With The Wind, and so they used to have overtures originally of films, after which we finish the album with a synthesizer model. However it isn’t a rock opera story. If something, the idea was going to be a one-word album title. At first, it was Zeal, then Perseverance.”