Pop / rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is the lead and rhythm guitarist and songwriting member of the Grammy and Brit Awards-winning band The Strokes. He has released 4 solo albums to date, most recently the acclaimed Francis Trouble in 2018 which spawned the radio single “Far Away Truths”. In the 4 years, since then, The Strokes released their US Top 10 charting Grammy nominated rock record The New Abnormal and toured the world extensively. Albert also began the songwriting process for his 5th solo album Melodies on Hiatus, a 19-track album, crafted in a most experimental style. Albert teamed up with his writing partner, Canadian songwriter, and poet Simon Wilcox (whom he never met during the process) and had lengthy conversations via the telephone; Simon would jot down notes from Albert’s stream of consciousness, and draft the lyrics on her typewriter, and drop them into his letterbox! Albert then added the lyrics to the melodies he had already crafted.