The Strokes to release new album 'Reality Awaits' in the summer

2025 Austin City Limits Music Festival - Weekend One The Strokes perform during 2025 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 04, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Erika Goldring/WireImage) (Erika Goldring/WireImage)

By Josh Johnson

April 06, 2026 at 10:50 am EDT

The Strokes have announced a new album called Reality Awaits.

The seventh studio effort from Julian Casablancas and company, and their first since 2020's The New Abnormal, is due out in the summer, according to a video posted to the band's Instagram.

Said video begins with an image of a car as the screen reads, "In The Flesh, It's Even Sexier."

"Reality Awaits The new album by The Strokes," the video continues. "Out this summer."

The Strokes just performed in San Francisco on Saturday and will play another show there on Monday ahead of their Saturday set at Coachella. Their upcoming live schedule also includes Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Just Live Heaven and Shaky Knees, among other festivals.

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