Real Estate – S/T 7″ (Track by Track Review)
The buzz has reached deafining levels surroundng Real Estate, does this “7 provide more fuel for the hype fire?
- Suburban Beverage – 6.5/10 (Sounding a little like a 4 track hazy practice tape that you would find in the basement of a former member of Christie Front Drive, this song wanders on the edge of lo-fi. Not really a stand out track but and it does not really get interesting till almost the 4 min mark, but none the less it is an ok track. Lazy pop would be the best way to describe it.)
- Black Lake – 8.0/10 (Don’t let the first minute of the song deceive you, it actually turns out to be a pretty good tune. Reminds me a bit of the classic tune “Sleepwalking” with it’s whiny slide guitar riff, the melody of the song does not exactly jump out at you but it turns itself around into a pretty good lo-fi pop track.)
- Old Folks – 8.5/10 (Easily the best track on this “7 I am reminded of classic 60’s pop the way the Shins play it. Pretty pop standard bass and drums but the hook is a great one and is a sign of great things to come with this band. This song is worth the purchase alone.)
Bottom Line – 7.7/10 The hype surrounding this band is justified thus far and I am really looking forward to their first full lenth. Recommended if you like the Shins and good old fashioned pop.
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[...] full lenght from a Real Estate whom we have been pretty excited about for some time now (see my track by track review) is sure to find some new fans with their hazed out pop sound. With the inclusion of some of the [...]
[...] how far/long were they going to take this sound before becoming completely irrelevant. Their self titled 7″ which featured “Old Folks” brought me full force into the Real Estate frenzy so I was [...]