Real Estate - Band to Watch according to Stereogum, MOKB

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Topics: REAL ESTATE
by Daba
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
3 years ago

This is pretty random. Both Stereogum and MOKB profiled this band Real Estate as a band to watch. When I first saw the headline I thought it was something about Sunny Day Real Estate. I was probably hoping for a reunion. 

 


Real Estate is a side project made up of Martin Courtney, Etienne Duguay (of Predator Vision), Alex Bleeker, and Matt Mondanile of Ducktails. We received a digital copy of their new self-titled 7" and have been listening to it non-stop. Three lo-fi songs titled Suburban Beverage, Black Lake, and Old Folk
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http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/2009/01/sxsw-2009-preview-real-estate.html

 

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On top of that, their MySpace Top 8 includes Titus Andronicus and the Ridgewood, NJ Real Estater Matt Mondanile also records as Ducktails, and therein has a song called "Beach Point Pleasant." So, see, we're making shit up with that Jersey Shore claim. Beyond geography, songs like "Suburban Beverage" mix languid psychedelia, muted vocals, a boomy undertow of drums, and jammy repetitions that somehow conjure fellow Garden State crew the Feelies (then again, that could just be because of how they look)....

 http://stereogum.com/archives/band-to-watch/band-to-watch-real-estate_047651.html

 

Myspace Page:

http://www.myspace.com/letsrockthebeach


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