In Mind
Real Estate’s mellow, deceptively simple sound is one of the marvels of \'00s indie rock. Hazy but precise, delicate but self-assured, the band has pulled off the remarkable feat of refining their style without ever really changing it. *In Mind*, their first since 2014’s shimmering *Atlas*, dives deeper into their suburban reverie, exploring a jammy, psychedelic side (“Two Arrows”), with hints of jazz (“Holding Pattern,” “Serve the Song”) and surf (“Darling”).
Martin Courtney's songwriting adjusts to a revamped band lineup, while together they continue to perfect the singular, warm, and reliable Real Estate sound.
Explaining Spoon’s rise to fame is easy if you break down its songwriting. On first listen—or the 10th, really—its material sounds simplistic because it’s exactly that. Learning Spoon songs isn’t difficult, but replicating Spoon songs is hard. The subtleties and delivery, like Britt Daniel’s hoarse scratch on the tail…
Nine years into a career as indie rock’s preeminent guitar-pop band, Real Estate has never made a bad album.
This is classic laid-back Real Estate, and while there is comfort in the familiar, at times it can feel a little lax.
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Here Real Estate relax into a comfortable groove, as each beautifully crafted piece of chiming six-string supineness washes over you like a warming bath.
Over their first three albums, Real Estate seemed to have found the formula for making good records. They had mastered the art of layering a...
For a bunch of barely 30-year-olds, the members of Real Estate sure know how to make some stellar soft rock.
Martin Courtney has made it his job to unearth the sentiment buried in totems of the past. The house you grew up in. Bleary-eyed teenage haunts. A shady