Customer Reviews

Real Estate

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This is a very pleasant debut. It's got jangly guitars such as you might hear in the Trashcan Sinatras, it's got vocal harmonies such as you might hear in Dr. Dog or Grizzly Bear, and it's got just a tinge of the darkness you might hear in The National. Very glad to have downloaded this, and I look forward to more.

I immediately fell in love with this album. I always try to find bands that really catch my ear and attention, especially with all the clone bands going around these days that are not in it for the art but for the fame, and these guys really really did pull me in. One of my favorite albums to listen to is slowly becoming sonic opium for me: slow, glistening, nonchalant, stagnant, and addicting. One of my favorite lines of all time in the most unexpected of places is in this album:

"Until you find your rolex in the sand
You'll be stopping
Until that solid gold is in your hand
You'll be happy"

That line just clangs at the core of me. I have seen thm twice and both times they were amazing. So go listen to this album's entirety and enjoy a nice dose of sonic opium because this album will make you heavy.

Another one of my favorite Indie-releases of the year, Real Estate's debut album draws on indie greats Yo La Tengo, early Shins, and other not-quite-lo-fi masters. A relaxing and rewarding listen, Real Estate glides and caresses the listener while describing the fate of the suburban dwellers, (two tracks with Suburban in the title), with lyrics such as "the suburban dogs are in love with their chains." The most upbeat the albums gets is only a brisk walk, "Beach Comber" being one of my favorites, but the pleasantries of the album leave the listener satisfied instead of waiting for more...unless of course if by more you mean their next album.

This is a pretty good lo-fi album. It reminds me of a little bit of 'let it be' era replacements mixed with a little modest mouse. I really like that the vocals are in the bottom of the mix and are hardly audible. I think this is great because you have to strain to hear the words witch makes them more important. I did find that some of the songs were a little to sparse and repetitive but on a whole it was a good listening experience.

Just discovering the pleasures of this great album. There's a surprising intensity and happy urgency for what seemingly appears to be just another jangly semi-low-fi-indie album. Forget all the labels and categories, put aside a small part of your day, and let Real Estate's pleasurable music usher in your Spring/Summer of 2010. Joyful stuff !!

Real Estate brings a sound that should be familiar to indie rock fans, but it never really feels old. Definitely a band to watch out for in the future.

I bought this CD after hearing good things about Real Estate from several normally reliable sources. I did enjoy the instrumentals, but my appreciation of the other songs was greatly diminished by the murky and indistinct vocals, which sound as if they were recorded with the mic all the way across the room from the singer. To me it seems obvious how much better this music would be if only we could hear the singing better.