albert hammond jr - yours to keep
Albert Hammond Jr, guitarist with indie favourites The Strokes, will be the first member of the band to release a solo album later this year.
Yours To Keep will be a 10 track long-player, where Hammond Jr will be joined be a few well-known names like Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller and Judy Porter (of Fountains Of Wayne).
Also appearing will be Sammy James Jr and Ryan Gentles, who is the manager of The Strokes. The bass and drums on the LP were performed by Josh Lattanzi and Matt Romano respectively.
An October 9th release date has been given.
Yours To Keep Track Listing:
01. Cartoon Music for Superheroes (Goodnight)
02. In Transit
03. Everyone Gets A Star
04. Call An Ambulance
05. Blue Skies
06. Back To The 101
07. Bright Young Thing
08. Scared
09. Holiday
10. Hard To Live In The City
Yours To Keep" was recorded at New York's Electric Ladyland Studios, LoHo Studios, and Cabin In The City with Hammond, Jr. as guitarist and vocalist together with Josh Lattanzi on bass and Matt Romano on drums.
That basic trio has been augmented on various tracks by Julian Casablancas, Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne), Ben Kweller, Sean Lennon, Chris Feinstein, Mikki James, Sammy James Jr. (The Mooney Suzuki) and Ryan Gentles.
The album was produced by Greg Lattimer who first came to attention as vocalist with New York's Thin Lizard Dawn in the late-nineties. The album comes in addition to Albert's role in The Strokes - he is not leaving the band.
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