The Strokes have played new single ‘Falling Out Of Love’ live for the first time on The Late Show – without guitarist Nick Valensi.

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The New York band are releasing their seventh album ‘ Reality Awaits ’ on June 26 via Cult Records/RCA ( pre-order here ), and earlier this week, they shared ‘ Falling Out Of Love ’, the follow-up to lead single ‘ Going Shopping ’.

Last night (May 14), they gave the song its live debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , with frontman Julian Casablancas singing through a vocoder effect amid moody spot lighting and simmering, slow-burn intensity from the band.

One band member who was not there was Valensi, after the band revealed earlier in the day that he was taking a “temporary break” ahead of their upcoming world tour .

Watch the video here:

The Strokes did not give a reason for Valensi’s absence, but they did add that “holding down the guitar…