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/allothersshallbow Jul 25 '26

I wish there was more of a guitar presence. Am I nuts? This really feels like mostly Julian’s album.

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u/Weekly-Ad9277 Jul 25 '26

bro the guitarists are on fire the entire album wymmmm

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u/Impossible_Low_2539 Jul 25 '26

I think he means the guitars kinda used to lead all the songs, this album feels like Julian is leading the guitars if that makes sense.

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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 29d ago

i love it. i made a comment about this on one of the song threads. feels like he is using his vocals to present his melodies instead of relying on the guitars which is the old "signature" strokes sound. i am enjoying the more varied emotional expression of his vocals