A New Jersey band whose sound is built on clean guitar lines and Martin Courtney's understated vocals.
If you're new to them, start with 'Talking Backwards' and maybe 'Fake Blues' from the debut. That's the core of what they do.
Real Estate's music feels like a specific kind of suburban afternoon, all hazy light and quiet streets. Songs like 'Talking Backwards' from their 2014 album 'Atlas' capture that mood perfectly, with its winding guitar melody and lyrics about miscommunication. They've held onto that sound while letting it breathe across a handful of albums.
They formed in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and their self-titled 2009 debut set the template. After guitarist Matt Mondanile left, they returned to a more atmospheric style on 'Atlas' in 2014, then put out 'In Mind' a few years later.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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