Real Estate. Not Sunny Day. Just Real Estate.

Hm, as they say.

https://pitchfork.com/news/matt-mondanile-addresses-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

Per the legal statement:

Regarding Real Estate, the band required Matt to sign a “leaving agreement” in February 2016 that prohibits both him and the band members from making any negative or derogatory statements about the other, or that may negatively affect the other’s reputation and career. In violating the terms of the agreement, Real Estate band members were not “protecting the victims,” they were instead protecting themselves by sidestepping the controversy to protect the band's commercial viability.

love "Saturday" a lot

New album came out last week and I’ve seen zero mention of it anywhere.

There are a lot of little lead guitar flourishes in this record that I find a little hokey, on first listen at least.

My copy just arrived yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to play through it yet.

Sorta reminds me of Teenage Fanclub

I'm honestly not terribly familiar with Teenage Fanclub, so I'm not sure what to make of that particular comparison, but this is... different. It's hard to put my finger on it. I like it, but it's not quite what I expected.

basically Days is the only album they needed to make is how I break it down to an extent

not hearing Teenage Fanclub really at all

I'm loving this, it's their sophistipop record!

Ok, you know what youre going to get with Real Estate but I love their subtle tweaks to the melancholy summer voib on each albun

I've always relied on these guys for all of my jangly vitamins and minerals. New direction not really working for me.

Days is a couple months away from 10 years old. Still a classic!

I wonder if J0rdan S. ever came around to The Clientele within these last 10 years (was rereading upthread)...

the only time I engaged w/this band was seeing them at Pitchfork with J0rdan lol

https://realestate.bandcamp.com/album/daniel

excited for this, esp. as The Main Thing ended up my 2nd fave after Days

little bit of The Shins' "Saint Simon" in this first single

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