{"id":287025,"date":"2011-03-02T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/the-strokes-nick-valensi-struggled-to-learn-new-the-strokes-songs\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:16:00","slug":"the-strokes-nick-valensi-struggled-to-learn-new-the-strokes-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/the-strokes-nick-valensi-struggled-to-learn-new-the-strokes-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"THE STROKES &#8211; NICK VALENSI STRUGGLED TO LEARN NEW THE STROKES SONGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"22\"><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><\/p>\n<p>The Strokes rocker Nick Valensi had a tough time recording the band&#8217;s latest album Angles &#8211; he struggled to learn the new songs and branded the studio sessions &#8220;a disaster&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Last Nite hitmakers are set to release their comeback record later this month (Mar11) after a five-year hiatus, and guitarist Valensi admits he found it hard when they first reconvened after their extended break.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n In behind-the-scenes film footage of the band at work in the studio, which has been posted online, he confesses the recording sessions are a tough task.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Valensi says, &#8220;It&#8217;s been a disaster from the get-go. I can&#8217;t seem to learn the songs. I don&#8217;t even know where the hell I am. Where am I? I&#8217;m scared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--INFOLINKS_OFF--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/nick-valensi-struggled-to-learn-new-the-strokes-songs_1204889\" title=\"THE STROKES - NICK VALENSI STRUGGLED TO LEARN NEW THE STROKES SONGS\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">THE STROKES &#8211; NICK VALENSI STRUGGLED TO LEARN NEW THE STROKES SONGS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Strokes rocker Nick Valensi had a tough time recording the band&#8217;s latest album Angles &#8211; he struggled to learn the new songs and branded the studio sessions &#8220;a disaster&#8221;. The Last Nite hitmakers are set to release their comeback record later this month (Mar11) after a five-year hiatus, and guitarist Valensi admits he found it hard when they first reconvened after their extended break. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>THE STROKES - NICK VALENSI STRUGGLED TO LEARN NEW THE STROKES SONGS - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/the-strokes-nick-valensi-struggled-to-learn-new-the-strokes-songs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"THE STROKES - NICK VALENSI STRUGGLED TO LEARN NEW THE STROKES SONGS - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Strokes rocker Nick Valensi had a tough time recording the band&#039;s latest album Angles - he struggled to learn the new songs and branded the studio sessions &quot;a disaster&quot;. 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