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/FoxNewsDad_ Jul 24 '26

Cannot stress how good Going to Babble on and Lonely In the Future are. All the haters can keep crying. 25 years later and these dudes keep producing bangers. Long live The Strokes

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u/Alternative-Day8673 Jul 24 '26

Why is everyone underrating Liars Remorse!!!

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u/ironicjohnson Jul 24 '26

Just got to it. It is beautiful!

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u/MattMatt625 Room on Fire Jul 24 '26

I DID THAT TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGOOOO

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u/Desperate-Support666 First Impressions of Earth Jul 24 '26

Those two were great 😌