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- Summary: The New Jersey indie rock band that includes ex-Titus Andronicus member Martin Courtney releases its debut album.
- Record Label: Woodsist
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Cynics be damned: however the hype machine happens to play this one out, Real Estate have overcome the critics and released one of the most refreshing, satisfying and richly rewarding albums of 2009.
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Despite the summery song titles and the beach balling associations that might follow these guys around, this music transcends the notion of seasons.
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UncutThe lackadaisical nostalgia for childhood beach holidays is certainly evocative--as indeed, is the way Real Estate recall New Jersey Antecedents The Feelies and Yo La Tengo, plus any number of old Flying Nun bands. [Feb 2010, p.96]
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Real Estate is a remarkable debut, and I really look forward to more from this band in the future, please, which will undoubtedly be soon in some form or another.
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FilterAll of these bittersweet tracks are gloriously faint approximations of everyone's favorite seasonal affective disorder. [Holiday 2009, p. 93]
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Despite its short shelf life, Real Estate, if it hits you at the right time, can be splendidly transcendent.
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Real Estate’s sound is imbued with the same sentimentality as the rest of the indie class of 2009, but with zero ambition.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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JeffCNov 23, 2009
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Jun 10, 2012
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