The Voidz The Voidz The Voidz (formerly known as Julian Casablancas+The Voidz) are an American rock band formed by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. The band consists of Julian Casablancas (vocals) as well as Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (guitar), Amir Yaghmai (guitar), Jacob "Jake" Bercovici (bass, synthesizers), Alex Carapetis (drums), Jeff Kite (keyboards). The band's debut album earned the 50th place in "NME"'s Top 50 Albums of 2014 list. Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis and Jake Bercovici had all worked with Casablancas previously. Kite and Carapetis appeared as part of the Sick Six live band (which also featured Danielle Haim), that backed Casablancas when
Julian Casablancas forming what is now known as The Voidz. Though the band's sound has not always been well received, The Voidz aim to “bridge the gap” between music that is both aggressive and complex. They share the goal of “representing things unseen” and "exploring [music] from the margins”, as Jake [Bercovici] has said. Inspired by the complex nature of Middle Eastern music scales, Casablancas claims to be more interested in “the in between notes” than the traditional 7 note scale of Western music. The band is bound by a mutual love for powerful music that does not gain much attention in