Real Estate (the Band, not the market)
There is something to be said about young bands that allude the allure of mainstream radio and go in a direction that seems to belong to the social network generation. When else would it be possible to find a niche of listeners that want more then verse&chorus licks and come out with ambient cinematic folk pop that takes a few listens to unearth its brilliance. New Jersey’s Real Estate have a new album coming this month and according to tinymixtapes.com is for anyone who love summer and “barbecues on the beach.” Categorized as surf-pop, Real Estate have a far more nebulous sound to me and come off as a lot more mature then other bands in the genre (see: Dirty Gold, Beach Fossils and We Are Tees). Their sound could almost appeal to the 60’s baby boomers as it lingers just long enough to make it impossible for any mass radio play, yet catchy enough for your mom to ask you to burn her a CD.
Check out the new album Days on October 18th on Domino Records (Arctic Monkeys, Stephen Malkmus, Animal Collective, etc).
(Source: okmontreal)