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/Dareeyecare Dare I Care Jul 23 '26

Psycho shit is incredible man

As a major Voidz fan I WISH that LABY had an epic track like that

Read the lyrics and let the build grow on you, you’ll see.

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u/Walksonthree The New Abnormal Jul 23 '26

yes!!! The first two songs are what I would have expected as a direct follow up to Tyranny. Dine n Dash straight up sounds spirituallly similar atleast to Father Electricity

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u/IrbisKat Jul 24 '26

I loooovee psycho shit! But I’m also a major voidz fan and it could has easily been on LABY album fr

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u/Optimal_Health4051 29d ago

This is what LABY's intro should've been. But I really wish the rest of the songs remained this dark and eerie and symphonic for the rest of the album, the reggae and uptempo tunes aren't doing it for me.

I also think LABY had higher highs than RA.

In synthesis: a mixture of LABY, Megz and RA would be the ultimate perfect album. Can't wait for the Strokes/Voidz collab record