Real Estate Atlas (180 Gram Vinyl, Digital Download Card)Jersey bred indie rock golden boys Real Estate arrived in the late 2000s with a subdued approach to guitar rock that stripped away all unnecessary clutter and presented their tuneful songs in a manner as attractive and steadfast as primary colors, spring days, comfort food, or any of life's basic staples. Free of gimmicks, pretense, and artifice, their tunes tapped into the insular, college aged melancholia of the Clean or Yo La Tengo's soft summer

and swoon along with (the positively dreamy pop song "Everyone Knows")

" which also showcases Jamie xx's audacious production skills as he turns a snippet of Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" into an irresistibly jittery hook

and reassuring—struck a deep emotional chord with listeners the world over

The fuzzed-out bliss of the title track (complete with catchy

His oeuvre

Shelley and Diggle delivered their patented fuzzed out melodies with traces of surf rock

there's always been an argument that identity is a reflection of the company you keep

dont smile at me arrived in August 2017 from the Interscope label

it’s never sounded better too

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South Carolina

ride the waves of an ocean deeper than your worries