While his day-job band made their career from re-inventing the past to shape the future, Julian Casablancas looked firmly forwards with his surprisingly good solo record Phrazes For The Young. With a new Strokes album seemingly still some distance from being finished, fans eagerly waited to see what he'd come up with.
The answer was a lean album of just nine tracks, each and every one of them well above average. But this, the album's lead single, was arguably the best of the lot, the chiming guitars and shuffling beats suggesting a more dancefloor-orientated direction for the New Yorker and his band.
It was a brave and important move for Casablancas, who must be aware that the Strokes' days are probably numbered. 11th Dimension gave a timely reminder of his prowess as a performer, securing his musical career for the foreseeable future. Whether it turns out to be with the Strokes, on his own, or with a new band, only the future will tell.
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