Snuffed out camp fires, dregs of sunsets in the rear-view and
other water damaged memories of summer love that fritted away as the
leaves began to turn is what comes to mind listening to the latest offering
from New Jersey indie folk-pop four piece Real Estate.
Their second album Days
(Domino) may sound like an album you’ve heard before (The Shins Oh, Inverted World or The Thrills, So Much for the City),
but it’s hard to decipher whether it’s the actual music or because the songs’
rounded mellow tones and jangly folk guitar riffs suck you back to a place in
the back of your mind you haven’t dusted off for some time. There’s undeniable
warmth in Real Estate’s melodies, entrancingly tainted with disconnection and
loss. It’s really beautiful stuff.
Definitely take a road trip into tracks like ‘Green Aisles’ and
‘Out of Tune’, but I recommend muddying up the tarmac and getting lost in the
whole album. You'll forget where you’re headed… and you won’t even care…
