we were, y'know, 18 and he was maybe almost 20, or maybe just turned 20. my first thought was....it was just an immediate connection, i don't know how to describe it. it was like when you meet a girl and you fall in love, and you're just like, i wanna see this person. it was just as ambitious. it was so hard to find someone, to connect with someone like that. every single person i'd played music with, it was always kind of like...pulling, and not... no one wanted to dream with, or imagine it, y'know, and he was someone who was so talented and...i just loved the way he thought.
albert + meeting julian (julian's pov)
the strokes for les inrockuptibles, 2020 // albert hammond jr. on lipps service, november 2023















