The Strokes release new album Reality Awaits. Get tickets to see them

Reality no longer awaits.After a delayed release, The Strokes finally delivered their highly-anticipated seventh studio album “Reality Awaits” on Friday, July 24.The nine-track offering is yet another evolution for the always-experimenting group.Whereas their 2020 Grammy-winning record “The New Abnormal” leaned into laid-back indie cool, “Reality Awaits” finds Casablancas and co.

leaning into their odder tendencies and letting their proverbial freak flags fly.From the moody yet spaced-out opener “Psycho S—“ all the way until the trippy, dreamy “Tyrants of the Mellow Moon,” there isn’t a moment that doesn’t surprise here.And, against all odds, the band somehow maintains their trademark sound.All the ingredients are same but the meal…tastes different.Still delicious but a new flavor.And, if you’d like to hear the new album — as well as the band’s other unimpeachable bops — live, you can catch The Strokes on tour all summer long.That includes their two gigs in New Jersey and New York.Up first is the star-studded Sea.Hear.Now Festival at North Beach in Asbury Park, NJ.

They’ll be joined by fellow icons like Mumford & Sons, Goo Goo Dolls, The Offspring, Pixies and Chaka Khan at the two-day Garden State extravaganza on the sand.Two weeks later, the New York natives return to their hometown for a massive gig at Queens’ Flushing Meadow Corona Park.Special guests on the bill include TV on the Radio, Beach House and Fcukers.Make sure to use promo code NYPOST10 for $10 off purchases over $250 at checkout (Editor’s Note: this discount is only valid for users’ first purchase on SeatGeek).At past shows on the ongoing ‘Reality Awaits’ run, the group has dipped into their well of hits, playing throwback fan favorites “Reptilia,” “Last Nite,” “Whatever Happened?”,” “Hard To Explain” and “Someday” while mixing in newer cuts from “The New Abnormal” and “Reality Awaits,” according to Set List FM.For ...