Julian Casablancas has a lot to prove. The primary elephant in the room: can he make it without the Strokes? To that end, he’s set up a solo residency at downtown Los Angeles’ Palace Theater to properly introduce the world to his new solo album, Phrazes For The Young. That elephant can now leave the room: Casablanca delivered and then some – if the Strokes’ self-conscious lo-fi is scratchy black and white, then what Casablancas is doing now is glorious Technicolor, as KSPACE discovered catching last Friday’s show, the second of four shows in a month-long stand.

Julian Casablancas is set to make a stylish return back to our long players with his debut solo album “Phrazes for the Young” The album will be released this fall on RCA Records which will be followed by a series of special gigs in the US. To entertain the wait, the Strokes’ frontman has unveiled an animated preview