The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas made mention of a return to the studio to fans attending the first ever Landmark Music Festival in Washington DC last night.

It had looked to be all over for anything new from The Strokes. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr had told BBC Radio 6 “I don’t know if London might be our last show, you know what I mean? People think I’m lying but I’m just tired of trying to make some positive spin, but I’ve got no idea,” prior to their Hyde Park set earlier this year. Speculation had followed, and for many it seemed the band were on course for another indefinite hiatus.

However, during their set at Landmark Music Festival Casablancas told the crowd “We’ll be back soon. We’ll be back in the studio and shit,” before closing the weekend with “Take it or Leave it”

The news invariably hit Twitter with Amanda de Cadenet, the wife of Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi adding to the confirmation hype on Twitter:

Julian let the cat outta the bag https://t.co/ZdrghWCzHA

— Amanda de Cadenet (@amandadecadenet) September 28, 2015

This will be the first Strokes album since 2013’s “Comedown Machine”. In the meantime the band have pursued various side projects: Hammond has recently released his third solo album, Nikolai Fraiture has started a new group called The Summer Moon, Fab Moretti has been drumming for Har Mar Superstar, Casablancas has The Voidz, and Valensi has recorded guitar on Brody Dalle’s Diploid Love.

You can watch the Strokes’ whole set from Landmark Music Festival, with the announcement at 59:35, below: