{"id":590660,"date":"2026-04-07T06:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590660\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:08:07","slug":"the-strokes-unveil-a-retro-fuelled-trailer-for-new-album-reality-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590660\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strokes unveil a retro-fuelled trailer for new album \u2018Reality Awaits\u2019 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018In the Flesh, It\u2019s Even Sexier\u2019<\/p>\n<p>After half a decade of silence, <a title=\"The Triumph of Harvest Rock 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/harvest-rock-2025-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Strokes<\/a> are finally breaking their hiatus. The New York icons have announced their seventh studio album, Reality Awaits, slated to arrive this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The news ends a long drought that followed their 2020 comeback, The New Abnormal, as the band members focused on solo detours. A moody teaser featuring a vintage Nissan 300ZX surfaced, carrying the tagline \u201cIn the flesh, it\u2019s even sexier\u201d alongside chiming guitar chords.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcKVWHwReB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zcKVWHwReB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Strokes (@thestrokes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thestrokes\/status\/2041146665571094741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The announcement fires up the engine just before their pivotal Coachella 2026 performances.<\/p>\n<p>While producer Rick Rubin called early Costa Rica sessions \u201cincredible\u201d back in 2022, frontman <a title=\"\u2018Grand Theft Auto Online\u2019: Julian Casablancas to host radio station\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/grand-theft-auto-online-julian-casablancas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Julian Casablancas<\/a> initially urged fans to be patient, warning the record was \u201cextremely far off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, with guitarist <a title=\"The Strokes\u2019 Albert Hammond Jr. talks star treatment, trouble and the state of rock\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/albert-hammond-jr-talks-star-treatment-trouble-and-the-state-of-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Albert Hammond Jr.<\/a> insisting their best songs are still unwritten, the long-awaited Reality Awaits suggests the band\u2019s most confident, visceral chapter is finally ready to pull into the driveway.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018In the Flesh, It\u2019s Even Sexier\u2019 After half a decade of silence, The Strokes are finally breaking their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[5871,64,63,134,28383,288496,136,6521],"class_list":["post-590660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-announcement","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-indie-rock","tag-indie-sleaze","tag-music","tag-new-album"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}