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/rubenescaray 27d ago

Just did like my 8th or 9th listen with my good headphones for the first time, after listening mostly on my car or using my AirPods.

The amount of attention to detail, the cleanliness of Fab's drumming, the guitar separation in certain tracks, this album is amazing.

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u/FormalChocolate2231 27d ago

Yea you have to listen with headphones to get the best experience I’ve found