Comedown Machine

Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band The Strokes, which was released on March 26, 2013 in the U.S., and on March 25 in the UK. This was the final release in fulfilling the band’s contract agreement with long time label RCA Records. Discussing the recording process with Zane Lowe, bassist Nikolai Fraiture said: "We got off tour and we had these songs, some left over and some new. We rehearsed in Electric Lady and it was working so we went with it. It was touch-and-go for a while but we...hashed it out all together like the good old days. It's a legendary studio and it is not far away from us all, apart from Nick who lives in Los Angeles, but he made the trip out to record." Julian Casablancas recorded his parts together with the rest of the band, a change from his deliberate self-removal during recording sessions for Angles.