Overview
- The Strokes, which confirmed Monday via a short social video, said their next album is titled Reality Awaits and will arrive in the northern summer without a set date.
- The reveal followed a March 31 teaser using Laylo, a fan sign‑up tool for exclusive updates, that sent registrants texts promising news.
- The band has resumed shows with San Francisco dates and is set for both Coachella weekends in April, with talk of a Primavera Sound Buenos Aires slot still unconfirmed.
- Reality Awaits is the follow‑up to 2020’s The New Abnormal, which won the Grammy for Best Rock Album.
- Producer Rick Rubin said he recorded with the band in Costa Rica in 2022, sessions the group praised even as they noted the record was not finished then.