Julian Casablancas + The Voidz have shared their futuristic new single ‘Blue Demon’ from their forthcoming EP.
The track features The Voidz’s signature synth-heavy experimental beats along with Casablancas’ auto-tuned heavy vocals singing: “And In The Name Of Our Lord & Savior
We Fight Each Other / Like Two Brothers / Father Forgive Me Intifada / Too Many Babies / Dead Like Their Mothers,” describing a conflict.
‘Blue Demon’ was teased on the band’s official Instagram account with a couple of posts created by AI. The first clip sees a news reporter reading a letter from Tron Cole – the band’s “former social media manager” – who threatened to leak the band’s new music.
According to a press release, the track is the first taster from The Voidz’s forthcoming EP which is set for release sometime later this spring. ‘Blue Demon’ is the first piece of new music released by the band following their third and latest album, 2024’s ‘Like All Before You’.
Elsewhere, The Voidz are set to perform at Les InRocks Festival in Paris tomorrow (March 5) as well as a one-off gig in London at The Troxy on Saturday (March 8). Both appearances have been previously billed as “two nights of chaos and transcendence” in a press release.
“These upcoming shows promise to deliver The Voidz’s signature blend of unrelenting energy, genre-defying soundscapes, and mesmerising performances that have become a hallmark of their live experience,” it adds. Both concerts will feature a yet-to-be-announced special guest.
Last October, The Voidz played a run of dates in Los Angeles and New York City before appearing as the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. During an interview on the US talk show, Casablancas discussed working with Charli XCX on her ‘Brat’ remix album.
“That was very serendipitous,” he told Fallon of appearing on a re-working of ‘Mean Girls’. “I actually can’t believe how fast it happened, I feel like it was a few weeks ago that she asked me, and I was in LA. I sang, I spent a day doing stuff.”
Meanwhile, Casablancas recently admitted that The Strokes’ classic single ‘Last Nite’ was “pretty dead to [him]” now. He had explained previously that he’d “kind of stepped away a little bit” from his “very cool day job” in The Strokes.
Speaking to NME earlier this year, Casablancas opened up about the political nature of his earlier songs with the NYC band.
“In ‘New York City Cops’ and ‘Soma’ there were political themes,” he told us. “‘Political’ is a bad word because you think of the Tories and the Republicans – that’s not really what I mean. I’m talking about the ideas and values of human beings and how to philosophically combat the gears of power and the people who control things.”