Real Estate. Not Sunny Day. Just Real Estate.

idk i could never imagine that

i don't think anyone ever went "it would be nice if napalm death softened up a bit"

lol true. i could actually see them doing some verrrrrrrrry slowwwww songs. bet they'd be great. real estate, that is.

really into this, even if it is p slight

like the record, though they lack some sharpness sometime

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.

not a bad little record.

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/6738
cool that the writer has discovered OWS, but let's not go nuts.

these guys are jersey-ites, right? kinda getting a feelies/only life vibe from it.

i guess i feel like jangle pop is kind of slight by nature

i'll take slight. this is sounding great this morning.

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

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".

i think all y'll asking for less leisurely comfort zone are listening to the wrong band

All their songs are basically remakes of the Stone Roses' "Shoot You Down", but that's fine by me.

really want valuable poster SourPatchCorpse to come back and add some commentary here

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.

yeah they were p meh both times ive seen them live

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.

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

I would have liked to go to that. used to live in Astoria and always wondered why the beer garden never had bands.

I really like 'Green Aisles'

yeah i think green aisles is my favorite track on the album
the beer garden show was fun, they're a good band to have play in sunshine.

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.

Growing to really love this album.

The "It's Real" video features dogs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HWcViTXdYc

"It's Real" is a great track but I haven't really been able to get into the album.

Coachella performance is streaming now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJ9RE1q7Hw

i don't mind these guys but every single one of their songs sounds like "no rain" by blind melon with more boring vocals

nah, however said they were like an amerindie version of the clientele was otm. love the album.

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.

this stuff sounds a little like early aztec camera and felt to me. i like it.

they are fun + chill live, good vibes, nice to see them in the summer

yeah they were surprisingly good live, i thought. the album is definitely very nice. the whole family likes it, which is rare!

I get a Field Mice vibe too.

this is such a nice album

One of the only modern records that I can't seem to get burnt out on, and I imagine it'll age really well.

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

my three year old loves this record. and so do i!

Reasons like that are the most attractive thing to me about someday having kids :)

http://pitchfork.com/news/47473-watch-real-estate-perform-new-song/

The little guitar hook has a Destroyer vibe to it.

NEW RECORD IS HERE....ITS A DOOZY!!!!!!!!!!!!

when is it actually out?

March.

Only 4 tracks in but yeah, this is exactly what you expect = perfection

sweet

nice! i had totally forgotten about these guys

New track!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvj_VLkEBg

v. good track

Decent tune, not too distinctive on its own, though I think of these guys as more of an album band. I think their songs work best in the context of an album-long listening experience, where they can establish a mood and play with subtle variations on their formula.

Agreed, though mix any of their songs (at least from their last album) in with a late 80s early 90s indie pop mix and I think they fit very nicely.

Not sure if it "means" anything that no one had anything to share here about the new album...my impression is that there are a lot of people who likely feel this is a band whose best work is behind them. I continue to have a soft spot for Real Estate, even while being frustrated at a certain sameness that is both a weakness and strength of theirs.

Anyway--I'm enjoying the new one. "Water Underground" is definitely the most memorable, expertly composed + arranged song here and one of their best ever, I think. The little flourishes that distinguish this slightly from their others are welcome, like the pedal steel on half the tracks and the moody but propulsive rhythms of "Freeze Brain" and "You Are Here". The lyrics are mostly fine, sometimes weak, occasionally just right. I still think Martin's solo records are better than any of the last 3 Real Estate albums.

I like them a lot but yeah I think Atlas was their last really strong album. The new one is a bit mid, they always sound pleasant at least but this seems a bit inessential.

Oh meant to post about this, I've been enjoying it. Can't tell if the songs are at the level of the last album, which I loved, but Real Estate + Golden Hour producer is plenty for me, and I do really like where it goes in the last couple songs.

Yeah this new one is definitely not top tier Real Estate, but I'll be damned if it still doesn't sound gorgeous.

Always pleasant, rarely essential.

A fragment of the video f "Water Underground" was played on the TV news in Spain last weekend. Yesterday I found out that "Atlas" is almost ten years old.

First album and first ep essential, after that yeah, pgwp otm