2009 debut solo album from the Strokes vocalist. The primary inspiration for the album and it's title came from the Oscar Wilde essay 'Phrases And Philosophies For The Use Of The Young'. Julian explains; 'The Oscar Wilde thing makes fun of how superficial humans are - I was writing more about arrogance and shortsightedness' Helping Casablancas achieve his vision was veteran engineer Jason Lader and Bright Eyes multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis.
Vinyl LP pressing. 2009 debut solo album from the Strokes vocalist. The primary inspiration for the album and it's title came from the Oscar Wilde essay 'Phrases And Philosophies For The Use Of The Young'. Julian explains; 'The Oscar Wilde thing makes fun of how superficial humans are - I was writing more about arrogance and shortsightedness' Helping Casablancas achieve his vision was veteran engineer Jason Lader and Bright Eyes multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis.
Julian casablancas aka the frontman and lead-singer from multi-platinum selling band the strokes releases his debut solo album, entitled 'phrazes for the young'. He has sold more than 260,000 in australia as part of the strokes with critically acclaimed albums 'is this it', 'room on fire'and 'first impressions of earth'.the strokes are planning on releasing a new album in early 2010.
