The Strokes

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• The Strokes: Reality Awaits | Album Reviews | Mr. Hipster | Aug. 8, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
The Strokes latest record, Reality Awaits, is still definitely a Strokes record, but leans into an autotune thing about two decades after it went out of style

• REVIEW: The Strokes look to past and future in 'Reality Awaits' | RIFF | RIFF Magazine | July 23, 2026, noon
The Strokes introduce new sounds but remain true to their identity. ‘Reality Awaits’ discusses the inevitabilities and cycles of human life.

• The Strokes' 'Reality Awaits' Feels Quite Impersonal | PopMatters | Aug. 5, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
The Strokes' Reality Awaits doesn’t deliver the same charm or hit with the same immediacy fans have come to expect from them. 

• The Strokes - Reality Awaits | The Needle Drop | July 30, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
The Strokes used this one weird trick to make their worst album.

• The Strokes: Reality Awaits | Spectrum Culture | July 30, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
The Strokes’ Reality Awaits may prove to be too obscure and, improbably, thorny for the sort of immediate pleasure that the band used to create so effortlessly.

• Album Review: The Strokes – Reality Awaits | New Noise Magazine
The Strokes' seventh album, 'Reality Awaits,' delivers catchy jams, powerful lyrics, and much-needed truth bombs.

• THE STROKES — ‘REALITY AWAITS’ | HIVE
Writer’s Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

• ‘Reality Awaits’ Review: The Strokes’ High-Tech Reinvention | Wall Street Journal
The Julian Casablancas-led band’s seventh album, produced by Rick Rubin, sharply departs from its alternative-rock sound, leaning into AutoTuned experimentation.

• The Strokes: Reality Awaits [Album Review] | The Fire Note
Reality Awaits The Strokes — 2026 ReleasedJuly 24 LabelCult/RCA Records Produced ByRick Rubin Runtime43 min / 9 tracks Album Revi

• The Strokes, 'Reality Awaits' Review | Paste
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• The Strokes are getting (way) weirder with age | Los Angeles Times | July 27, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
'Reality Awaits' is the veteran rock band's first LP since 2020's 'The New Abnormal.'

• The Strokes: Reality Awaits | Pitchfork
Read Eric Harvey’s review of the album.

• Album Review: The Strokes – Reality Awaits | Beats Per Minute
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• The Strokes return with ‘Reality Awaits’ | The Daily Texan
Formed in 1998, The Strokes have kept their name in the alternative music world with hits like “Reptilia” and “The Adults Are Talking.” After a six-year hiatus since their last album, “The New Abnormal,” the band released their seventh studio album on Friday, “Reality Awaits.” Leading man Julian Casablancas and other band members made a...

• The Strokes-Reality Awaits: Album Review - Sinusoidal Music | sinusoidalmusic.com | July 26, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
The Strokes return after 6 years to deliver an album that has melody and equal parts of vocal manipulation. Listen to what's been made:

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