{"product_id":"the-strokes-reality-awaits-cd","title":"The Strokes - Reality Awaits [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Strokes return with Reality Awaits, their seventh studio album, here on CD in a jewel case with a booklet, released in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the band's second album with Rick Rubin in the producer's chair after The New Abnormal, and sessions stretched over several years, beginning in Costa Rica before moving to Rubin's studios in California. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. described the recording as looser than before, and that easy, unhurried feel runs throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian Casablancas is in fine, slippery form, switching from conversational drawl to falsetto at will over interlocking guitar lines from Hammond and Nick Valensi. Lead single \"Going Shopping\" has the nervy, offhand cool the band made their name on, while \"Falling Out of Love\" shows their more wistful, melodic side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lonely in the Future\" sounds like a title only Casablancas could write, and the nine tracks run just over forty minutes, giving everything room without overstaying its welcome. Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti keep the rhythm section tight and quietly propulsive underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New York band remain masters of making effortless cool sound like hard work worth doing. Reality Awaits adds a more relaxed, art-rock chapter to a catalogue that still shapes guitar music, and it rewards patient listening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439079694641,"sku":"199584483221","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/1200x1200bb_7f1512be-0d99-4b2e-ad2e-03664b95579d.jpg?v=1794151961","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/the-strokes-reality-awaits-cd","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}