Real estate
| Real estate | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Ridgewood , New Jersey ; Brooklyn |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 2009 |
| Website | www.realestatetheband.com |
| Founding members | |
| Martin Courtney | |
guitar |
Matthew Mondanileh (until 2016) |
| Alex Bleeker | |
| Etienne Pierre Dugua (until 2011) | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Martin Courtney |
guitar |
Julian Lynch (since 2016) |
bass |
Alex Bleeker |
Drums |
Jackson Pollis (since 2011) |
Keyboard , guitar |
Jonah Maurer (since 2011) |
Real Estate is an American indie rock band from Ridgewood (New Jersey) , whose members work and live in Brooklyn .
history
The band, which was founded in 2009, released their first album in the year it was founded, which bears the same name as the band itself. The album was well received by various music critics and received an 8.5-point rating from Pitchfork , among others . According to Metacritic , the album was rated an average of 79 out of 100 points.
After the release of the work, the EP Reality was also released , before the band went on tour and appeared as opening act for Kurt Vile and Deerhunter , among others . In 2010 Real Estate was also seen at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago and the San Miguel Primavera Sound in Barcelona .
In 2011 Domino Records signed the band and they released their second album, Days , on October 18th . This also received consistently positive reviews and was rated slightly better than the first work by Pitchfork: It received an 8.7 rating.
Discography
Albums
- Real Estate (2009; Woodsist)
- Live On The Radio (2010; Underwater Peoples Records)
- Days (2011; Domino Records )
- Live at 285 Kent Ave. - June 30, 2011 (2011; Domino Records)
- Atlas (2014; Domino Records)
- In Mind (2017; Domino Records)
- The Main Thing (2020; Domino Records)
Singles and EPs
- Fake Blues (2009; Woodsist)
- Reality (2009; Mexican Summer )
- Suburban Beverage (2009; Underwater Peoples Records)
- Atlantic City Expressway (2009; Future Sound Recordings)
- Out Of Tune (2010; True Panther Sounds)
- It's Real (2011; Domino Records)
- Green Aisles (2011; Domino Records)
- Municipality (2011; Domino Records)
- Easy (2011; Domino Records)
- Exactly Nothing (2012; Domino Records)
- Had To Hear (2014; Domino Records)
- Talking Backwards (2014; Domino Records)
- Crime (2015; Domino Records)
Web links
- The band's MySpace profile
- The band's Facebook profile
- Real Estate at Discogs (English)
- Real Estate at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Volume To Watch: Real Estate at Stereogum, accessed December 23, 2011
- ↑ Review at Pitchfork , accessed December 23, 2011
- ^ Metascore of the album, accessed December 23, 2011
- ↑ Review at Pitchfork, accessed December 23, 2011