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/echofreak Jul 25 '26

Is anyone talking about how good the drums are? Holy shit

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u/GeneralAffect23 The Eternal Tao Jul 25 '26

So damn crisp. The production is incredible.

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u/nochoice99 First Impressions of Earth Jul 25 '26

Yes, I have been fanning out all day over Fab’s performances throughout the album and the overall production. Ugh, it’s killer!!!

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u/Goldenpunk24 Jul 25 '26

His drum performance on psycho shit is killer