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Oct 13, 2011It is the kind of record that might drift by unassumingly lest you lend it a careful ear, but really: the second you do, it rewards unequivocally.
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Dec 19, 2011A beautifully hazy indie pop record, perfectly suited to hot summer days.
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Nov 14, 2011A fine batch of bittersweet pop songs that are nearly impossible to ignore.
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Nov 8, 2011The intelligent songcraft on Days is remarkably strong and with enough luster to continue, here's to hoping the desire never runs dry for Real Estate.
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Nov 4, 2011It feels both classic and surprisingly new; this is Real Estate, and this is all Real Estate will ever be.
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Oct 26, 2011That's Real Estate. The composition is flawless, but the feel is mellow and meandering, subdued and slight.
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Oct 20, 2011The album's 10 songs manage to both hold up well individually and amount to more than the sum of their parts, and it's an album capable of entrancing its audience within a calm mindset free from unnecessary ties to genre-snobbery.
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Oct 19, 2011This is a great pop-rock album because it doesn't feel the need to be anything else.
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Oct 19, 2011This relentlessly positive outlook may not suit those searching for a bit more angst in their pop music, but it suits Real Estate just fine.
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Oct 18, 2011This New Jersey quartet is one well-oiled muscle, and they flex it to hypnotic effect for 40-plus minutes.
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Oct 18, 2011An affable shrug of an album, it's fine, but that's not necessarily OK.
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Oct 18, 2011In just two very natural albums, the dudes from Ridgewood, New Jersey, have managed to ensconce the indie ethos better than anyone has in quite a while, and the time of their season is right now.
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Oct 18, 2011Real Estate set itself up to falter by comparison, but Days pulls off the impressive feat of earning that company [of Beach Boys' Today, the Byrds' Notorious Byrd Brothers, and The Shins' Oh, Inverted World].
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Oct 18, 2011Real Estate have such a knack for classic-sounding melody that every song quickly engages on a musical gut level.
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Oct 18, 2011The sound might be crisper, but ultimately on Days, the song remains the same.
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Oct 17, 2011On this album Real Estate has lifted its sound out of the haze and, by extension, out of the pool of its peers.
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Oct 17, 2011Overall, though, Days is a great sophomore album and solid evidence that Real Estate is growing and ready to settle in for the long haul.
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Oct 17, 2011Two years, lots of touring, and a wad of cash from Domino Records later and the New Jersey four-piece have shaken off the sun-flecked dust of that haphazard genre to reveal a clean and canny record.
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Oct 13, 2011Real Estate's gift is that they either don't overthink their melodies or they can't, and the simplicity contrasts with their steady, dreamy atmospherics: instant nostalgia for an angst-free generation.
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MojoDec 22, 2011[An album that] makes you wonder where they will travel next. [Nov 2011, p.101]
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Q MagazineDec 15, 2011If an album's ever demanded the description "plangent" or "mellifluous", it's here. [Dec. 2011 p. 128]
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MagnetNov 21, 2011While they haven't really changed up their formula on this second LP, they have gotten exponentially better at brewing it up. [#82, p.59]
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 15, 2011Drifting along on surf-garage guitars and lazy daydream harmonies. [28 Oct 2011, p.73]
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UncutOct 18, 2011More than a specific era, Real Estate conjure a sense of place and experience as vividly as any US indie film of the past five years. [Nov 2011, p.97]
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Negative: 3 out of 42
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