The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas recruited members of his touring band after Phrazes for the Young and pieced together a band that aims to examine the boundaries between genres and blur the lines between them. The band’s members include Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter, Amir Yaghmai, Jacob Bercovici, Alex Carapetis and Jeff Kite.

I feel like the Strokes is an oak tree, and this is a new plant. So I’m focused on that right now. The plan is to eventually have two trees and swing in a hammock. One side nailed to each tree. It would be cool playing shows with the Voidz and the Strokes, that could be a cool model.
- Julian Casablancas

Originally known as Julian Casablancas+The Voidz, the band rebranded as just The Voidz in advance of their second album.