#ok just checked reddit turns out this is mildly old information

[sophaeros]

nikolai says the strokes have recorded more than enough material for a full album with rick rubin!! this recording session likely happened sometime in 2022

nikolai fraiture on the plug with justin jay, october 2024 / 8:47-9:25 (x)

transcript:

nikolai: um, i think that he definitely, y'know, has a vision of us for these recordings, being in...we recorded in...oh, actually, are we talking about the new abnormal?

justine: the new abnormal, yeah.

nikolai: oh, the- yeah. well, that actually, i...moving on to the- because we recorded new music with him as well.

justin: oh, no way! so you have new stuff coming out of-...

nikolai: hopefully, yeah.

justin: amazing.

nikolai: yeah. we definitely recorded a full- more than a full album's worth of stuff with him, so that's...i was looking through my memories-...

justin: so the process worked, you're happy with the vibes.

nikolai: um, well, but that's kind of...yeah, the new abnormal, we-

/end transcript