― mizzell, Saturday, 8 January 2011 20:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
this kind of sums up real estate for me. nothing surprising, really, but so good natured, fun, and sounds good.
― mizzell, Saturday, 8 January 2011 20:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
fucking love this band
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12260-its-real/
― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I do too, can't wait for the new album.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Goes to show that healthy/happy suburban life in a beautiful town just makes you appreciate simple pleasures which brings you down to earth. Still love northern New Jersey, always have. That place makes me happy like nowhere else. These guys would get that.
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 05:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have to be the only one that was really excited about this, but their cover of 'barely legal' is awesome
http://stereogum.com/767531/stroked-tribute-to-is-this-it/mp3s/
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 July 2011 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
No, I'm totally into that. (A few of those covers are great! I like Owen citing Nabisco and ILM in his commentary about the track. (Apologies; slight derail)...)
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
green aisles is great, dreamy and hazy, but with a decent hook. this album should be great.
― mizzell, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
and it is great:
http://pitchfork.com/news/44251-listen-to-the-new-real-estate-album/
― nostormo, Monday, 10 October 2011 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
nothing new, but what they do - they do very well. (covering the area from The Zombies/Byrds to Clientele/Shins etc)
― nostormo, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is a gorgeous record
definitely hits that earlier clientele vibe nicely
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2011 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i completely love this album
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 October 2011 02:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i actually remembered you twittering abt it the other day and it was on the front page of spotify
j0rdy do you like clientele?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2011 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
(if not u should check out their albums violet hour and strange geometry, i hear a lot of clientele in this album)
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2011 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
and i'm also remembering before it got all LOL SHINS that oh, inverted world is actually a pretty great record
yeah i haven't head much of the clientele, tho i've seen their named tossed around a bit wrt this record
& yeah the band i hear the most is the shins, esp in the vocals which is totally okay w/ me
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 October 2011 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
SourPatchCorpse
― buzza, Friday, 21 October 2011 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
really like the new record, but sometimes i wish they'd move out of their leisurely comfort zone--just a tad.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 21 October 2011 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk i could never imagine that
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 October 2011 02:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think anyone ever went "it would be nice if napalm death softened up a bit"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 October 2011 02:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol true. i could actually see them doing some verrrrrrrrry slowwwww songs. bet they'd be great. real estate, that is.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 21 October 2011 03:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
really into this, even if it is p slight
― bongs of a dread redeemer (Lamp), Friday, 21 October 2011 06:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
like the record, though they lack some sharpness sometime
― nostormo, Friday, 21 October 2011 09:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
sometimes i wish they'd move out of their leisurely comfort zone--just a tad.
Me too. They're getting lots of attention these days--Washington Post, NPR, New York Times (and most importantly my high school age son came home talking about them) and it does not quite live up to that hype for me. Not bad, but too nice at times.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 21 October 2011 14:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
not a bad little record.
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
ignored this band when they were first coming out -- i think the name did the trick -- but i am definitely digging what I've heard from the new one. this review was bizarre, though, I thought: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6738cool that the writer has discovered OWS, but let's not go nuts.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
these guys are jersey-ites, right? kinda getting a feelies/only life vibe from it.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
i guess i feel like jangle pop is kind of slight by nature
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2011 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'll take slight. this is sounding great this morning.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
on the song green aisles right before the chorus, he sings "it was no so UN-wise" in this way that it so Shins, but i never really perceived the shins guy as having really distinct vocal mannerisms, but i guess he does
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2011 15:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can get a 7" it's real for 3.99£ @ dominorecordco.com/uk/singles/16-08-11/its-real/ - such a lovely song. Regarding the byrds jangle thing tracklist includes a song called "Younger Than Yesterday".
― niels, Friday, 21 October 2011 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think all y'll asking for less leisurely comfort zone are listening to the wrong band
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 October 2011 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
All their songs are basically remakes of the Stone Roses' "Shoot You Down", but that's fine by me.
― henry s, Saturday, 22 October 2011 02:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
really want valuable poster SourPatchCorpse to come back and add some commentary here
― Lana Cel-Ray (buzza), Saturday, 22 October 2011 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been kinda down on these guys (live show is super boring imo, saw them open for Feelies in Brooklyn over the summer) but this new album is pretty great.
― dmr, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah they were p meh both times ive seen them live
― INDIE BAND (Lamp), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wonder Years and All the Same are the standouts for me. the doo-doo-doo parts on Wonder Years are so jangly-80s-college rock.
― dmr, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
they were pretty good a couple weeks ago at the astoria beer garden. they did a fun felt cover and the last track from days, all the same, sounded better than the record, really driving and danceable
― mizzell, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would have liked to go to that. used to live in Astoria and always wondered why the beer garden never had bands.
― dmr, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really like 'Green Aisles'
― Muammar for the road (Michael White), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i think green aisles is my favorite track on the albumthe beer garden show was fun, they're a good band to have play in sunshine.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
If anything, this is indie-rock comfort food, but so what? Pretty, almost too pretty. A fuck of a lot of bands mine a similar sound (neo-college rock?). So few get it right and make it sing that it's no wonder these guys are getting serious press.
― Melle Mel and the Coconuts (thewufs), Friday, 11 November 2011 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Growing to really love this album.
The "It's Real" video features dogs!
― encarta it (Gukbe), Sunday, 13 November 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
"It's Real" is a great track but I haven't really been able to get into the album.
― fun drive (seandalai), Sunday, 13 November 2011 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Coachella performance is streaming now.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Sunday, 15 April 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't mind these guys but every single one of their songs sounds like "no rain" by blind melon with more boring vocals
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
nah, however said they were like an amerindie version of the clientele was otm. love the album.
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
they sound almost exactly like McCarthy without the politics. which rules.they really frontloaded that second album though. the whole thing is great but the first 3 or 4 tracks just kill.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
this stuff sounds a little like early aztec camera and felt to me. i like it.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
they are fun + chill live, good vibes, nice to see them in the summer
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah they were surprisingly good live, i thought. the album is definitely very nice. the whole family likes it, which is rare!
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I get a Field Mice vibe too.
― Evan, Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is such a nice album
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 August 2012 00:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
One of the only modern records that I can't seem to get burnt out on, and I imagine it'll age really well.
― Evan, Friday, 10 August 2012 03:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
I always semi-liked these guys but I am fully on board now after I've been listening to "Days" a ton since it came out. it's a great album and they were great live this past Saturday. covered the Clean! (Anything Could Happen)
also I never realized Alex Bleeker sings the lead vocal on Wonder Years
― dmr, Friday, 10 August 2012 03:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
my three year old loves this record. and so do i!
― tylerw, Friday, 10 August 2012 15:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
Reasons like that are the most attractive thing to me about someday having kids :)
― Evan, Friday, 10 August 2012 15:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/news/47473-watch-real-estate-perform-new-song/
The little guitar hook has a Destroyer vibe to it.
― Evan, Monday, 13 August 2012 04:06 (10 months ago) Permalink