Albert Hammond Jnr. Set To Go Solo

Interesting news for Strokes fans. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jnr. is releasing a solo album through Rough Trade on 9th October, as reported by CD Times. There are some tracks from the album streaming over on his myspace site. They sound pretty good, especially Everyone Gets A Star - which turns out is going to be the lead single from the album.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

Cartoon Music for Superheroes (Goodnight)
In Transit
Everyone Gets a Star
Bright Young Thing
Blue Skies
Back To The 101
Call An Ambulance
Scared
Holiday
Hard to Live (in the City)

Some helping hands come in the shape of Julian Casablancas, Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne), Ben Kweller, Sean Lennon and Strokes manager Ryan Gentles.