Tracklist
Psycho Shit	5:23
Dine N’Dash	5:03
Lonely in the Future	3:20
Falling out of Love	6:21
Going to Babble On	4:06
Going Shopping	4:18
Liar’s Remorse	4:50
The Fruits of Conquest	5:08
Tyrants of the Mellow Moon	4:10

Reality Gets Weird

Reality Awaits finds The Strokes embracing a looser, more experimental version of their signature sound. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album combines clipped guitar lines, new-wave synths, electronic textures and heavily processed vocals across nine songs shaped by sardonic humor, unease and reflection.

Julian Casablancas examines consumer culture, digital disconnection, fame and the instability of modern life. The band supports those ideas with arrangements that feel playful, unpredictable and increasingly cinematic.

Going Shopping and Dine N’Dash deliver immediate hooks, with Psycho Shit, The Fruits of Conquest and Tyrants of the Mellow Moon exploring stranger, atmospheric territory.

A New Chapter for an Enduring Band

Released six years after the Grammy-winning The New Abnormal, Reality Awaits returned The Strokes to the center of the alternative rock conversation.

The album earned generally favorable reviews, drawing attention for its adventurous production, melodic energy and combination of familiar guitar interplay with electronic experimentation. Its release also demonstrated the band’s lasting cross-generational appeal, supported by major festival appearances, a North American tour and continued discovery of the group’s catalog by younger listeners.