{"id":482592,"date":"2019-02-22T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T20:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=799028"},"modified":"2019-02-22T13:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T20:09:43","slug":"strokes-albert-hammond-jr-revisits-teenage-glory-days-on-fast-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/strokes-albert-hammond-jr-revisits-teenage-glory-days-on-fast-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Strokes\u2019 Albert Hammond, Jr. Revisits Teenage Glory Days on \u2018Fast Times\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/albert-hammond-jr-fast-times.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Strokes\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/albert-hammond\/\" id=\"auto-tag_albert-hammond\" data-tag=\"albert-hammond\">Albert Hammond<\/a>, Jr. reminisces about gloriously aimless, adolescent nights on his new song, \u201cFast Times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The track boasts the distinct vibe of the earliest Strokes records, with Hammond, Jr. cutting a bright rhythm guitar part with languid, buzzing riffs. Looking back on his teenage years, Hammond, Jr. keeps his lyrics playful as he captures the simple thrill of having nothing to do with no parents around: \u201cSchool\u2019s out now\/Found a ride\/Saw some friends\/We got high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement, Hammond, Jr. said of \u201cFast Times,\u201d \u201cExplore the chaos. Be present without judgment and remind yourself you\u2019ll forget everything you\u2019ve learned today, tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFast Times\u201d marks Hammond Jr.\u2019s first new song since the release of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/how-therapy-helped-albert-hammond-jr-make-his-most-personal-album-yet-205288\/\">fourth solo album,\u00a0<em>Francis Trouble<\/em><\/a>, last March. The musician is set to embark on a North American tour in support of the record February 24th in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/albert-hammond-jr-strokes-new-song-fast-times-799028\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Strokes\u2019 Albert Hammond, Jr. reminisces about gloriously aimless, adolescent nights on his new song, \u201cFast Times.\u201d The track boasts the distinct vibe of the earliest Strokes records, with Hammond, Jr. cutting a bright rhythm guitar part with languid, buzzing riffs. Looking back on his teenage years, Hammond, Jr. keeps his lyrics playful as he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 12:08:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}