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26 July 2026 – The Strokes Face ‘Reality Awaits’
By Editorial Team - July 26, 2026
Summary
The Strokes return with 7th studio album 'Reality Awaits', featuring single cuts 'Going Shopping', 'Dine N'Dash', and 'Lonely in the Future'.
Key Facts
- The Strokes release 7th studio album 'Reality Awaits'.
- 9-track album is the band's first full-length follow-up to 'The New Abnormal'.
- Features tracks 'Going Shopping', 'Dine N'Dash', and 'Lonely in the Future'.
- Entities: The Strokes, Reality Awaits, The New Abnormal, Going Shopping, Dine N'Dash, Lonely in the Future
- Tags: the-strokes, reality-awaits, indie-rock, the-new-abnormal, album-release, julian-casablancas
The Strokes enter the weekend with ‘Reality Awaits’, their seventh studio album and first full-length since ‘The New Abnormal’. The nine-track record retains the band’s familiar guitar chemistry while allowing eccentric vocals, moodier structures and more experimental production choices into the room.
Songs such as ‘Going Shopping’, ‘Dine N’Dash’ and ‘Lonely in the Future’ place recognisable Strokes cool beside a growing awareness of age and legacy. ‘Reality Awaits’ does not attempt to reproduce youth perfectly; instead, the band sound like five musicians investigating what remains when mythology meets the calendar. Read more rock news in our Indie Rock section.