For over a decade, a life-affirming spell seems to enchant every audience The Strike plays to. It’s why the explosively melodic indie-pop band have been booked for weeks-long residencies from Dubai (at the behest of music legend Quincy Jones) to China (at Qingdao Beer Festival). Back in LA, they have an appeal that’s lured fans to travel across continents to see them, and others to get Strike-themed tattoos. Music supervisors have used their songs on Dancing With the Stars, America’s Got Talent, and Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. None of this good fortune is lost on The Strike. This is why their third album, Until The Lights Go Out (out October 4th), was created with the goal of capturing this phenomenon of intoxicating folks wherever they go. “A lot of our music is very upbeat and major-sounding and…we’re not afraid of that,” says David Maemone, guitarist-keyboardist. The Strike started assembling song ideas for Until The Lights Go Out over a few years. “Going into a proper studio, with a proper producer was something we hadn’t done before. We wanted to elevate everything,” David says. In the summer of 2023, they recorded the album with producer John Fields (Jonas Bros, Miley Cyrus) in his Minneapolis studio. “We have a nice division of labor between us,” Chris says. “Jay and David are much more like producer-musicians — and great multi-instrumentalists — and I am more lyric and melody-driven.” At the end of the day, their process was as healthy as their musical output.