“I speak to my son every day and he says that they’re so happy. I’m sure this will be a very successful record.”

In a new interview with The West Australian, Albert Hammond—singer and father of the Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr.—said that his son’s band is working with Rick Rubin (as Stereogum points out). “They’re making a new album now with a great producer called Rick Rubin,” Hammond said. “I speak to my son every day and he says that they’re so happy.” He continued, “I’m sure this will be a very successful record.” Read the full interview here. Pitchfork has contacted the Strokes’ representatives for more information.

After his father’s statement circulated online, Hammond denied the assertion, as did lead singer Julian Casablancas. Hammond has a history of breaking Strokes recording news. In 2012, he told NME that the band were at work on the follow-up to 2011’s Angles. The next year, they released Comedown Machine—their most recent studio LP.

It’s also not the first time Rick Rubin has been connected with the Strokes. In 2007, it was rumored that he was interested in working with the band. Fabrizio Moretti later said in a 2008 interview, “I’d love to work with Rick Rubin. He made some pretty seminal records. But it’s like, before we have an idea, before there’s a sketch done, we’re not going to choose the color.”

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