The Strokes tease their plans to return with new music: “We’ll be in touch”

1 April 2026, 12:46

The New York indie legends have told fans that they'll be "in touch soon".

The Strokes are teasing that they'll return with new music.

The Last Nite rockers have reached out to fans suggesting they are due share the first new material since their 2020 album The New Abnormal, which included the singles Bad Decisions and viral hit The Adults Are Talking.

Julian Casablancas and co are set to return to the stage with dates, which kick off with surprise shows in San Francisco and a duo of appearances at Coachella 2026, but now it looks like new music could be on its way too.

The band shared pixelated 90s style visuals on their Instagram stories, which shows an old school PC notepad icon followed by horses pulling a cassette.

The link the stories leads to a Laylo page, which encourages fans to add their number for more info, with the message: "We'll be in touch".

The visuals also mirror the band's website, which gives a distinct retro feel.

Fans have speculated that the imagery heavily suggests the band have been writing together and are set to deliver new music very soon.

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Back in 2022, acclaimed producer Rick Rubin had confirmed he was working on a new album with the band, revealing they had completed an "incredible" recording session in Costa Rica.

However, soon after frontman Casablancas gave a somewhat muted response to the news saying that the outfit had "jammed and started some stuff"' but a new Strokes record was "extremely far off" from being finished.

Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr also later recalled the "magical" sessions and added: "I don’t think we’ve written our best songs yet,” he said. “I really feel that in my gut".

In 2023, in an interview with NME the guitarist gave new hope, adding: “We went and did a bunch of recording. It could come out a year or two years from now – it’s an unknown amount of time when it’ll be finished but, yes, we are working on another record.”

If the result of the bands sessions with Rubin have resulted in a new effort, it will mark the band's seventh studio album and the follow up to Is This It (2001), Room on Fire (2003), First Impressions of Earth (2005), Angles (2011). Comedown Machine (2013) and The New Abnormal (2020).

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