I really like 'Green Aisles'
― Muammar for the road (Michael White), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Growing to really love this album.
The "It's Real" video features dogs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HWcViTXdYc
― encarta it (Gukbe), Sunday, 13 November 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
"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 (twelve years ago) link
Coachella performance is streaming now.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Sunday, 15 April 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJ9RE1q7Hw
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
they are fun + chill live, good vibes, nice to see them in the summer
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
I get a Field Mice vibe too.
― Evan, Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
this is such a nice album
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 August 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
my three year old loves this record. and so do i!
― tylerw, Friday, 10 August 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Reasons like that are the most attractive thing to me about someday having kids :)
― Evan, Friday, 10 August 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
NEW RECORD IS HERE....ITS A DOOZY!!!!!!!!!!!!
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 2 December 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
when is it actually out?
― tylerw, Monday, 2 December 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
March.
Only 4 tracks in but yeah, this is exactly what you expect = perfection
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 2 December 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
sweet
― call all destroyer, Monday, 2 December 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
nice! i had totally forgotten about these guys
― flopson, Monday, 2 December 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
New track!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvj_VLkEBg
― Evan, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
v. good track
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
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.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link
Not bad. I tend to agree with o. nate.
― Le passé, non seulement n'est pas fugace, il reste sur place (Michael White), Thursday, 16 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
melody doesn't really stick
― flopson, Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:55 (ten years ago) link
Generic
― nostormo, Thursday, 16 January 2014 10:27 (ten years ago) link
whole album is lovely. whole album is Real Estate.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Very excited.
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
Track + video:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16682-real-estate-crime/
― monster_xero, Thursday, 20 February 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9342-real-estate-suburban-dreams/
I'm seriously exactly the same guy as all three of these dudes and can directly relate (though I'm from only a few towns over) to a million of these sentiments.
I really need to start a late 80s early 90s jangle pop band myself. WTF am I doing?
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
^Whoa. That P4K writer hit the nail on the head with that description of Real Estate's music.
That's the same kind of vibe I get from Kurt Vile (his latest album) and, to some extent, Pavement.
― ∞, Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, that's a great profile and has me super stoker for Atlas.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
on paper these guys should be so mediocre and forgettable but the execution is just so good
― anonanon, Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
They aren't accessorizing with their particular influences. No novelty at all.
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
^Aren't accessories just other influences, as well, though?
― ∞, Thursday, 27 February 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
???
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
Heard the album yesterday and realize how much I've missed this sound. Adventure-era Television, Yo La Tengo, Feelies, Luna, early Clientelle. Love it! What else would you put alongside it in a mix? Maybe Veronica Falls, Minks, Beach Fossils?
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
I put them in mixes with Field Mice, 14 Iced Bears, Ropers, Clientele, Feelies, Close Lobsters, etc. Yeah all that kind of stuff.
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
@Evan
Sorry, I think I misunderstood you. What do you mean by accessorise?
― ∞, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
I mean the novelty of imitating a style of music blatantly. In their case they take from the style of the bands I listed above but it's definitely not derivative. In my opinion.
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
Oh okay. I think I agree with that.
I'll check out 14 Iced Bears, Ropers, and Close Lobsters. I hope they're on Spotify!
― ∞, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Close Lobsters is probably no ...closer than any other 80s jangle pop band to Real Estate's song but they're great so always on the front of my mind.
Here's a good song... I admit it doesn't really sound like Real Estate beyond pretty, sunny guitar-work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U77ctQngL84&feature=kp
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
I'm not super-familiar with most of those referents. The band that Real Estate most reminds me of is the Sea and Cake. Granted, there's more (overt) jazz and electronics in the Sea and Cake, but I get a similar vibe -- wistful maj-7th-chord guitar-pop -- from both bands.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
This one might be a little closer maybe? I'm realizing Fastnbulbous is more trustworthy for matching sounds:
14 Iced Bears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8bozvcPH0A&feature=kp
― Evan, Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link