The Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has a new album coming out later this year. Hammond’s fifth solo effort, titled Melodies On Hiatus, will be released on June 23.
Announcing the record is the single “100-99,” which features a guest appearance from Washington D.C. rapper GoldLink. The release of the single was accompanied by a music video directed by Angela Ricciardi and Silken Weinberg.
“’100-99’ was something I’ve wanted to do for some time – work with a rapper over a beat and guitar part I wrote – and it’s really exciting that I was able to do it with GoldLink,” said Hammond in a statement.
Melodies On Hiatus will see Hammond joined by a number of other high-profile collaborators besides GoldLink. He co-wrote the 19-song album with Canadian songwriter Simon Wilcox while the list of musical guests includes Billy Idol’s guitarist Steve Stevens, Arctic Monkeys‘ drummer Matt Helders, and singer Rainey Qualley aka Rainsford.
Albert Hammond Jr’s most recent solo studio album came in 2018 when he presented Francis Trouble. It received favorable reviews from the critics and peaked at No. 25 on the US Independent Albums chart. Hammond previously also released a critically-acclaimed record The New Abnormal with The Strokes.
