r/TheStrokes

Hey all. I was an anti-autotune person who was frustrated with all of the autotune Julian was using to sing with. After a couple of listens last week it didn’t really seem that noticeable to the point of ruining the album and in retrospect he didn’t use it as much and I can still enjoy his vocals. It started with me becoming obsessed with Liar’s Remorse and then the rest of the album followed. I don’t even know why I doubted my boys, this is one of my favorite albums now.

I really didn’t like the auto tune in Reality Awaits. But once I primed myself with Instant Crush, the auto tune stopped bothering me. I don’t really know why, but it allowed me to listen to the album with new ears.

I think hearing Julian’s voice heavily processed in a context where I already loved it allowed me to bypass whatever block was happening when I listened to Reality Awaits for the first time. Try it!

They’ve been to my country twice before, but I was too young to go. I’ve been listening to them since I was a weird teenager and now I finally get to see a band that’s been with me for so many years live. (Still weird, just an adult now with money to buy concert tickets.)

And I loved Reality Awaits. It’s such a good feeling to follow a band for this long and still be genuinely excited about a new album, and not just the songs you’ve loved for years.

Anyway, I’m just really happy. I’ll probably lose my voice singing and I genuinely hope I don’t emotionally survive hearing my favorite songs live.

Genuine question I see a lot of people excluding it and saying it’s bad but I don’t see a reason why

Of course I knew who The Strokes were for decades but somehow never really got into them.

Real fans may hate this, but the new album has be hooked, now exploring their entire catalog. I can’t even imagine how OG fans feel about the new album given how different it is and the abuse of autotune on it.

When I first heard Falling out of Love I wanted to hate it and move on…. But now I think I’ve played the album at least a dozen times.

Anyway, seeing them live soon and I’m excited.

The power of music is really undeniable, some songs are really “almost like a friend” (Jules’ quote) when you’re stressed

For me, the one song really putting a smile on my face is Someday. It’s crazy considering I’ve been listening to it for more than 20 years at this point, but it is such a sweet and comforting tune, with such relatable lyrics!

The same power lies in Flexorcist by The Voidz: Julian vocals are just so incredibly charming and the song gives me such a sweet energy!

What about you? What Strokes/Voidz/Julian songs specifically put a smile on your face?

I finnally realize this. It's just how it is

EDIT: I don't really know but I've just realized how good it is

The Strokes blew my mind when I discovered their music and part of it was how well the two guitars interacted with each other. I really don't have better words to describe it but I would love it if someone understands what I am talking about and maybe recommends some bands similar to the strokes in this specific regard. Thanks.

One of the best transitions I’ve ever heard, try it

this is an appreciation post for the strokes.

i was remembering that time when i was 14, feeling lonely, inadequate, completely out of place, already diagnosed with a progressive, debilitating, incurable disease. i didn’t have friends and i was always lying about having headaches or stomachaches so i could avoid school.

on those days when i stayed home, i used to watch MTV for hours. one day, juicebox started playing and i became obsessed. i remember thinking the video was kind of explicit and hiding whenever my mom walked by because i was terrified she would see it. i also developed a massive crush on julian casablancas and he made me feel things in my body*…* literally i felt dirty watching that video.
youtube wasn’t really a thing in mexico back then, so i kept MTV on all day just to hunt for that video. i downloaded the strokes’ songs from limewire and listened to them on loop, especially juicebox.
that period of my life was incredibly dark. i felt completely alienated from everyone and from myself. i hated myself, and suicidal thoughts had started appearing.

…and then there was juicebox.

for the three minutes and 12 seconds that song lasted, i could forget where i was. forget my body, my disease, school, loneliness, all of it.
i felt like i was dissolving into molecules, losing the boundaries of myself, and somehow returning to the universe, to the nucleus of everything???
sometimes i wonder if that’s what drugs feel like. i wouldn’t know, bc my drug was the strokes, and i consumed them obsessively because i needed something to get me through the depression and the feeling that i didn’t want to be alive.

Fast forward to today, my health has gotten significantly worse. i’m now housebound because of my disease. my body is extremely weak, and i depend on oxygen and tube feeding to keep me alive. the suicidal thoughts still come back sometimes.

BUT the strokes released a new album… and guys, i am OBSESSED again.

i can literally feel the dopamine running through my body. i can’t stop smiling. i feel this intense warmth radiating from my heart through my body and somehow into everything around me.
my body is dissolving into molecules again.
i’m back. it’s me and the whole.

is this God? i don’t know.

but THANK YOU the Strokes.
your music makes me feel so fucking grateful to be alive.
i was born into a sick body that has taken me to some of the deepest and darkest places i’ve ever known, places that sometimes feel impossible to climb out of, but your music has pulled me out of them more than once, and more than that, it has made me experience what feels like heaven.

like literally i was crying while listening Reality Awaits, i’m just so grateful to be alive in this moment and share existence with the strokes.

so this is my appreciation post for the strokes.
thank you for the three minutes and 12 seconds.
…and for all the years in between🫶

Angles, CM and TNA, feels like it spawned a whole second generation of Strokes staples: Under Cover of Darkness, One Way Trigger, Call It Fate Call It Karma, Selfless, The Adults Are Talking, Ode to the Mets... and sorry... I know it's way too soon to call them classics but Dine N Dash and Lonely in the Future already feel like classics to me...😅 Honestly I can't imagine a Strokes live show over the next decade where those two aren't part of the setlist. Maybe Lonely in the Future gets rotated out here and there, but Dine N Dash feels like one of those songs that is going to become almost mandatory live!

Do you think there are now enough modern classics that a casual listener could hear one and immediately go “oh yeah, that’s The Strokes”? and have they actually accumulated more modern-era classics than the early run of Last Nite, Someday, Hard to Explain, Reptilia, 12:51, YOLO?

So today I was thinking "are there any french bands based off the strokes?" I looked a bit and found some but most weren't quite what I was looking for or still sang in english. Any suggestions are appreciated.