The Strokes lose themselves in a sea of auto-tune on 'Reality Awaits'
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT There are bands we wish would reinvent themselves, and there those we hope would recapture the spark of their early days. The New York band has never managed to reclaim the raw fire of their first trilogy of albums, released between 2001 and 2006. Ahead of the release of their seventh album, Reality Awaits, on Friday, July 24, fans had already heard two singles in recent months – one excellent ("Going Shopping"), the other deplorable ("Falling Out of Love").
- ▪SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT There are bands we wish would reinvent themselves, and there those we hope would recapture the spark of their early days.
- ▪The New York band has never managed to reclaim the raw fire of their first trilogy of albums, released between 2001 and 2006.
- ▪Ahead of the release of their seventh album, Reality Awaits, on Friday, July 24, fans had already heard two singles in recent months – one excellent ("Going Shopping"), the other deplorable ("Falling Out of Love").
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| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:00:05 +0200 |
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The Strokes, in 2026. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT There are bands we wish would reinvent themselves, and there those we hope would recapture the spark of their early days. The Strokes belong to the latter. The New York band has never managed to reclaim the raw fire of their first trilogy of albums, released between 2001 and 2006. Ahead of the release of their seventh album, Reality Awaits, on Friday, July 24, fans had already heard two singles in recent months – one excellent ("Going Shopping"), the other deplorable ("Falling Out of Love"). So there was as much reason to hope as to fear for this new release, arriving six years after The New Abnormal. Just like the cowboy on horseback, lasso in hand, featured on the album cover, the band likely had ambitions of conquest.
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