{"product_id":"the-strokes-reality-awaits","title":"The Strokes - Reality Awaits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Strokes - Reality Awaits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026, Rock, Garage Rock Indie Rock, New York City, New York 8\/26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New (BC) | Members: Julian C (78' - ), Nick V (81' - ), Albert H (80' - ), Nikolai F (78' - ), Fabrizio M (80' - )\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersonal Struggle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Albert Hammond Jr. has spoken candidly about a severe addiction to cocaine, heroin and ketamine that eventually cost him thousands of dollars a week. He entered rehab in 2009 and rebuilt his life in sobriety, allowing him to return to both The Strokes and his own music with a stability he did not have during the band's turbulent 2000s. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/qa-albert-hammond-jr-on-addiction-and-the-state-of-the-strokes-54703\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" title=\"Albert Hammond Jr. on Addiction and the State of the Strokes\"\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudio Lore:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eReality Awaits\u003c\/em\u003e reunited the band with Rick Rubin, who began recording them in Costa Rica years before the album finally appeared. The long gestation allowed the band to push further into synthesizers, manipulated vocals and the stranger experimental ideas Julian had been exploring with The Voidz. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reality_Awaits?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" title=\"Reality Awaits\"\u003eWikipedia\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuman Connection:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Strokes were built from friendships that began long before fame. Julian Casablancas and Nikolai Fraiture met as children around age six, while Julian later met Albert Hammond Jr. at boarding school in Switzerland. When Albert moved to New York years later, he happened to find Julian again, and those old friendships became the nucleus of a band still making records together more than 25 years later. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/article\/7925-this-is-it-ten-years-of-the-strokes?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" title=\"This Is It: Ten Years of the Strokes\"\u003epitchfork.com\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48248237850811,"sku":null,"price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-14at9.57.00PM.png?v=1786769827","url":"https:\/\/power-plant-records.myshopify.com\/products\/the-strokes-reality-awaits","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}