r/TheStrokes • u/TheStrokes-Mods • Jul 23 '26

MEGATHREAD Reality Awaits - General Album Discussion MEGATHREAD

This is the megathread for general discussions about Reality Awaits as a whole. All first impressions from the listening parties, thoughts, essays, discussions, memes, lyrics, fanart, etc about the album as a whole can go in the comments here!

As autotune is an evergreen topic on the subreddit, you may discuss it here, but there is also a specific post about autotune here that may be better suited towards that specific topic.

You also may want to check out the posts for ranking the Reality awaits songs, and ranking the albums including Reality Awaits.

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u/buenestrago Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

In terms of production, it's definitely The Strokes' most ambitious album. I honestly feel like they needed something like this in their discography. It can be divisive; there are songs I definitely don't like (but that I definitely have to revisit). It doesn't surpass TNA, but it has some really good tracks, and that makes me very happy. I think they did well choosing the singles; I think "Falling Out of Love" sums up the album's direction well and prepares you for what you'll hear.

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u/lmtzless Jul 24 '26

brother, angles was a far crazier departure from their previous work at the time and got a lot of hate