Real Estate

While we're at it, here's a short piece I wrote for Athens' Flagpole on Jersey boys Real Estate, whose recent Days proved to be a sleeper fave of mine last year. Over the phone, singer Martin Courtney waxed nostalgic about teenage summer nights and the power of shared musical discoveries.

It’s an electrifying thing when a band realizes its potential. Last year’s Days was a turning point for Ridgewood, NJ indie-rockers Real Estate, whose 2009 self-titled debut was a marker of budding talent, yet displayed little cohesion.

“When we made the first record,” explains singer and guitarist Martin Courtney, “we were barely even a band. Those songs were recorded before we had coalesced into Real Estate. We played hundreds of shows between the first and second albums. When we started recording the first album we hadn’t even played one show.”

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