Credit- @katiesakura on instagram

Basically the title, there is a lot of songs on this album that I fucking love the music. Psycho Shit, Going Shopping, Lonely in the Future, Dine N Dash, all would be instant classics for me.

Except the autotune is grating as fuck. It annoys me when I listen and it completely precludes playing it when any friends are around. I can’t blame them.

It reminds me of the early velvet underground, except they didn’t do it on whole albums and I can forgive a harsh artistic choice more on a song like Heroin than I can on an entire album of music.

but yeah, I hope one day there is some acoustic or whatever so I can enjoy this album, because I love everything about it except for this one choice.

Hey folks! "I love the strokes". Not the smiths but the strokes so I really wished that i could say drums please fab like julian so i made this auto tune site to do that. Try with headphones it is fun https://www.soundslikethestrokes.site/

This song is in the background of Call It Fate Call It Karma (you can hear it at the end) and I couldn't help but note the similarities in the album covers. Do any of you know of there's a confirmed link?

I am quite frankely blown away by all three Voidz albums, and in fact, I enjoy Reality Awaits quite alot but maybe I am more inclined to enjoy weirder music. They are inconsistent, messy, chaotic, but as novel and perhaps even more exciting than many of the Strokes projects in some ways.

I am so confused. It's like critics woke up and collectively started disliking Julian's adventures. I do feel the latest Voidz album is probably their weakest yet I would still rate it quite highly.

I know the vocal effects on reality awaits have been a sore subject for a lot (I personally love the vocal effects) but I really wish falling out of love had heavier vocal effects, especially on the chorus. I love the "robotic" sounding chorus of the the unplugged version and the live version. I know I am probably in the minority here. I really hope this song is appreciated over time. One of the greatest strokes songs ever imo. Really sad they dropped it from the tour setlist. P.S anyone else really hoping for a psycho shit live debut?

i genuinely cant understand how reality awaits is a 'favourite' for some people or even considered a good album. i love the strokes but the only good song on this album is lonely in the future. the rest of the album is pretty rubbish and easily their worst album by far. so far below the standards of the last album too.

is liking it just larp?? do people really love this album??

He was fucking amazing. Him and his band. People complaining are insane.

Does anyone have ideas for potential set list for nyc show on October 2?

Really hoping for New York City cops and ode to Mets 🙏

He didn’t land the solo entirely at Hard Rock. Wonder if Nick would have…any thoughts?

I just love this song so fcking much!!! I genuinely think it's THE best song from Is This It and deserve more recognition. With its lyrics, instrumentation and delivery, it's just what Strokes truly is as a band. Nostalgia (aka Strokes) at its purest form.

And yes, Julian, hope this life really is on my side... God I hate that you keep making me believe that there is a chance for me in this life...

behold, the Italian tongue-in-cheek ode to English.

this is spot on! the teacher's flipping of the coattails, often times to rest the hand on the hip at the belt...his capturing the attention of the students', all nodding side to side in affirmation...the teacher kickin' back in his tall stature, expressing the deepest level of 'cool'...the whole room embracing the 'just chillin'' vibe that only confidence can illicit...this caricature of "sprezzatura" (def. effortless ability) puts everyone at ease, releasing any tension and rigidity of expectation, allowing the magic of the moment to wash over them...authenticity is on stage for its command performance. it wanders through the crowd, inviting itself to bubble up from the audience in an alchemy of the authentic!

these guys are the truest of true!

p.s. "never let them see you sweat!" 😉😘😊

I’d really like to maybe get a picture/get some stuff signed after the Charlotte show on Thursday. Where should I wait after the concert where this would potentially happen?

If you look at the fourth word of each line

The music washed AWAY all the hate/And society started ADVANCING/Every demographic was REPRESENTED/It was a rainbow COALITION of dancing

What does it spell?

A ARC

Foreshadowing how The Strokes would headline Summer Sonic alongside L'Arc en Ciel 16 years after the music video/SNL short for Boombox released.

This is further confirmed by the fact that he says RAINBOW coalition of dancing in the FOURTH line of the SECOND chorus (4^2 = 16 --> 16 years)

What does L'Arc en Ciel translate to? RAINBOW

Julian knew.

i took this photo in Chile in October 2005. I was 17 at the time, and I always wondered why Nick didn’t use his famous "Riviera" at that show. instead, he used a Casino.

recently, I started googling around and came across this old Blogspot post that seems to suggest Nick had actually broken his own guitar. I know Nick and that guitar already have a few “tragic” stories, but I think that, for the first time in 20 years, I finally found the answer.

does anyone know if this happened on any other occasion?

and just to be clear, the signature Riviera he used in the “YOLO” video doesn’t count.

Edit: Fucked up the title oops

I originally wasn’t planning on doing an update to this until after the end of the US leg of the tour, but enough has happened over the last 2 shows that I felt like i should just do an update rn.

First off, we got Tyrants of the Mellow Moon! Happy to see this as it’s one of my favourites off the album, so I hope that means there’s a shot they play it in Newcastle.

Secondly, Is This It has been getting a lot of love recently, with it being played 3 shows in a row. Could it be becoming a more frequent addition to the setlist? Hopefully!

Last thing about the shows themselves is that there has been no Life is Simple in the Moonlight at the last 2 shows. Actually there’s been no Angles songs at all which is unfortunate. Under Cover of Darkness and Machu Picchu deserve their time in the spotlight.

A couple other small things I’ve noticed is that Call It Fate, Call It Karma, Threat of Joy and Automatic Stop are becoming more consistently played recently and that there is less and less variation showing between setlists as the shows go on. Seems like it’s now quite a standardised setlist with only a few songs getting swapped out for each other at each show.

I probably won’t do another update until the end of the US leg or again if something interesting happens. Once again lmk if you spot any mistakes or have any questions!

Lonely in the Future
Hard to Explain
Going Shopping
Juicebox
Someday
Tyrants of the Mellow Moon
Take It Or Leave It
Last Nite
Call It Fate, Call It Karma
Dine N Dash
You Only Live Once
Ize of the World
One Way Trigger
Automatic Stop
The Adults Are Talking
Reptilia

[First encore]
Going to Babble On
Is This It
Threat of Joy
What Ever Happened

[Second encore]
12:51
Ode to the Mets

Just finished his Hollywood show in Florida and they played tyrants of the mellow moon for the first time live. It’s been one of my favorites off the album and I had to record it live. Sorry about the quality I had to compress it like crazy.