On April 6, 2026, it was announced that their seventh album, Reality Awaits , would be released on June 26, 2026. They released the lead single “Going Shopping” on the same day. Later that month, the band performed at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival , their first performance at the festival since last headlining in 2011. During their performance at the second weekend of the festival, they concluded their set with a performance of ” Oblivius ” accompanied by an onscreen montage that condemned US involvement in foreign affairs, particularly the CIA-led overthrows of foreign governments and the wars in Gaza and in Iran . On May 13, the second single, “Falling out of Love”, was released. On May 15, the band announced that Nick Valensi would be absent from the upcoming tour; they simultaneously announced that Steve Schiltz, the frontman of Longwave and longtime friend of the band (having known each other since the early days of the New York music scene), would be serving as Valensi’s substitute.
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