“Yes! You read right…March 22nd!!” writes strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture on the subject of the Stroke’s highly anticipated forthcoming fourthcoming album. “Looking forward to playing the new songs live.”

Er, I’m fucking looking forward to seein the new songs live!

Please excuse me if my (probably quite low in the first place) writing standards slip into sqee-ing, profanities, rushy-typed spelling mistakes and exclamation marks, but the Strokes are one of my favourite bands and the new album drops the day before my birthday! I have so many memories of leaning against headboard, 13, new, bulky, exciting laptop plugged in, their perfectly pitched sophomore album, ‘Room On Fire’, that my brother bought for my birthday, blaring, being the anti-social newly minted teenager that I was.

Now, as a wordly and wholly experienced 16 year old, I am going to make the precairous prediction that the Strokes will be headlining Reading and Leedsl 2011. It’s only right! If I am correct, somebody safeguard this girls pants; without necessarcy precautions, they will soon be flying onto beautiful lead guitarist Nick Valensi’s head :/