Julian Casablancas favorite philosopher, whose work, Casablancas claims, held truth as an important standard value. He recognizes Paul Robeson as someone who used his musical platform to help further his serious political intrigue and as someone who, therefore, serves as a role model for politically engaged musicians. Casablancas has been a guest on the Russian sponsored program "Redacted Tonight", as well as included its host, Lee Camp, as an opener for a Voidz show in Houston, Texas in October 2018. Casablancas, along with the Strokes, provided vocals on a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" with Joshua Homme on
Tyranny (The Voidz album) with Casablancas entitled, "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You", Tyranny (The Voidz album) Tyranny is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Voidz (formerly and marketed as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz), released on September 23, 2014 through Cult. The first single from the album, the 11-minute track "Human Sadness", was released on September 2, 2014. The music video for the second single "Where No Eagles Fly" was directed by guitarist Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter. On September 19, "Tyranny" was made available to stream on the websites of "Rolling Stone" and "Pitchfork". The album was placed