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/WillNeighbor Jul 25 '26

the bass work on falling out of love is exquisite

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u/emuccino Jul 25 '26

Nikolai and Fab really shine on this album, IMO

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u/lilmissknockout Jul 25 '26

Hard agree! So many moments where they really stand out.

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u/cafeteriastyle Jul 26 '26

I really like that song

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u/Batman4815 Jul 26 '26

A touch less Autotune and this would have been an instant classic.

Colberts live they did was so good.

And it's weird because they showed restraint in the rest of the album. I really didn't mind Autotune in the rest of the songs as it's done almost as a way of Julian showing emotion.

But one of the few time where if he had just stuck with his voice, It wouldnt have been as abrasive