Real Estate (band)

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Real Estate
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Left to right: Alex Bleeker, Matt Mondanile, Martin Courtney, in 2011
Background information
Origin Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States
Genres Indie rock, dream pop, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, surf rock
Years active 2009–present
Labels Mexican Summer, Woodsist, Underwater Peoples, Half Machine, Domino
Associated acts Ducktails, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, Vin and the Vin Tones
Website Official website
Members Martin Courtney
Matt Mondanile,
Alex Bleeker
Jackson Pollis
Matt Kallman
Past members Etienne Pierre Duguay
Jonah Maurer

Real Estate is an American rock band from Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, formed in 2009. The band is currently based in Brooklyn, New York,[1][2] and consists of Martin Courtney, IV (vocals, guitar), Alex Bleeker (bass, vocals), Matt Mondanile (guitar), Jackson Pollis (drums) and Matt Kallman (keyboards).

Biography

Courtney, Mondanile and Bleeker were childhood friends in Ridgewood, New Jersey where they attended Ridgewood High School together. After graduating from Ridgewood High School, they went their separate ways to study in college. Courtney attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Mondanile attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Bleeker attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.

In 2008, singer and guitarist Martin Courtney, guitarist Matt Mondanile (Ducktails), bassist Alex Bleeker (of Alex Bleeker and the Freeks), and drummer Etienne Pierre Duguay formed Real Estate in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[3] In 2011 Jackson Pollis replaced Duguay on drums and Jonah Maurer joined the band on keys and guitar. The band is influenced by The Feelies, as Real Estate said to Still in Rock.[4]

After issuing singles on the Underwater Peoples and Woodsist labels, the band's 2009 self-titled debut received critical acclaim, including an 8.5 rating and Best New Music tag from Pitchfork Media.[5] Review aggregator Metacritic gave the album a normalised rating of 79%, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[6] Tours followed, supporting acts such as Girls, Kurt Vile, Woods, and Deerhunter. In 2010, Real Estate performed at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago and the Primavera Sound Festival[7] in Barcelona.

In 2011, Real Estate signed with the Domino Recording Company. The group issued their second record, Days, on October 18, 2011. The album received positive reviews, including a rating of 77/100 on Metacritic[8] and 8.7 on Pitchfork.[9] Later that year, The Fader featured Real Estate on the cover of Issue #76.[10] 2012 saw the band perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California and the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.

A single "Talking Backwards", was released in early 2014, followed by the band's third album, Atlas.[11][1][12][13] During the album's recording, keyboardist Jonah Maurer was replaced by Matt Kallman.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

  • "Fake Blues" b/w "Pool Swimmers" (7″ Woodsist, 2009)
  • "Fake Blues" b/w "Green River" (7″ Half Machine, 2009) UK issue[21]
  • "Suburban Beverage" b/w "Black Lake" & "Old Folks" (7″ Underwater Peoples, 2009)
  • "Out of Tune" b/w "Reservoir" (7" True Panther Sounds, 2010)
  • "It's Real" b/w "Blue Lebaron" (7" Domino, 2011) UK issue[22]
  • "Easy" b/w "Exactly Nothing" (7" Domino, 2012) UK issue[23]
  • "Talking Backwards" b/w "Beneath the Dunes" (7" Domino, 2014)[24]
  • "The Chancellor" b/w "Recreation" (7" Domino, 2014)[25]
  • "Had to Hear" b/w "Paper Dolls" (7" Domino, 2014)[25]

References

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External links

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