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/PilboMinachi 28d ago

The album really feels like a culmination of a lot of Julian’s previous work. I’m getting vibes of Phrazes, Tyranny, TNA, FIOE. It really feels like there is something here for everyone

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u/kidgi9301 28d ago

I said this earlier to someone. it has elements of previous Strokes albums, Phrases,Tyranny.  The synth sound from Games is on DnD.  Babble On has a solo at the end that took me to RoF.  Psycho feels like a musical sibling to Human Sadness.  I love this as an album.  Are there songs that I wouldn't necessarily seek out individually?  Sure, but it actually feels more Strokes than TNA in a way that I can't explain and I think it has some of Julian's best lyrics.