{"id":378227,"date":"2026-04-06T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/378227\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:08","slug":"the-strokes-announce-new-album-reality-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/378227\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strokes Announce New Album Reality Awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/3961-the-strokes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strokes<\/a> album draws near. The band has shared a retro <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWyrrehN5IK\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWyrrehN5IK\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWyrrehN5IK\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teaser video<\/a> featuring a 1980s Nissan 300ZX and the tagline \u201cIn the Flesh, it\u2019s Even Sexier,\u201d which confirms that their seventh studio album is called Reality Awaits and will be out \u201cthis summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reality Awaits will mark the first Strokes LP since 2020\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/the-strokes-the-new-abnormal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New Abnormal<\/a>. That record earned Julian Casablancas &amp; co. their <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-strokes-win-best-rock-album-at-2021-grammys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first Grammy<\/a>. In 2024, Casablancas\u2019 band the Voidz released the album <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/julian-casablancas-and-the-voidz-detail-new-album-like-all-before-you\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like All Before You<\/a>. The Strokes are performing at <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/coachella-2026-lineup-sabrina-carpenter-justin-bieber-karol-g-the-strokes-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coachella<\/a> this weekend. They\u2019re also headlining <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/bonnaroo-2026-headliners-the-strokes-skrillex-rufus-du-sol-and-noah-kahan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bonnaroo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/charli-xcx-the-strokes-the-xx-and-more-performing-at-outside-lands-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Outside Lands<\/a> in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Read about the Strokes in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/most-important-artists\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork\u2019s First 25 Years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram content<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Strokes album draws near. The band has shared a retro teaser video featuring a 1980s Nissan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409,6440],"class_list":{"0":"post-378227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}