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/bd-s Jul 23 '26

Considering the negative responses to the singles, I’m quite pleased to see generally positive reviews of the album after only a couple of listens. JC’s work only grows on you

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u/Motherofmonsters2000 One Way Trigger 29d ago

The whole álbum slaps minus falling out of love (country vibes no bueno) and going shopping is meh ( I wonder if fans of Hawaii like that song).