Real Estate Announce 'Days' 10-Year Anniversary Shows

REAL ESTATE

Announce Days 10-Year Anniversary Tribute Shows; Tickets On Sale Now

Listen to Half a Human EP, Out Now

Artwork by Robert Beatty 

Praise for Days:
The bruised, bottomless beauty of Days suggests that growing up hasn’t always been easy for Real Estate. But these songs will nourish those going through similar changes for years to come.
- AV Club 10/10

Its coherence sounds remarkably effortless
- Pitchfork 8.7/10 Best New Music

Eager to hit the road again, indie-rock veterans Real Estate have added a few special stops to the end of their upcoming North American November tour. Stopping by the Anchor Rock Club in Atlantic City on November 20th, Brooklyn Made on November 22nd & 23rd, and August Hall in San Francisco on December 15th, Real Estate will wrap up the tour with a run of raucous shows celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their seminal sophomore album, Days, released October 18, 2011 by playing it in its entirety. Described by Pitchfork as, “Cleaner, sharper, and stronger...No note feels wasted, and nothing happens at the wrong time or in the wrong place,” they awarded Days their prestigious Best New Music accolade. Tickets for the full tour are available now at realestatetheband.com.

"It's difficult to overstate how important DAYS has been to our trajectory as a band. We were really just kids when we made it. I can remember long days and even longer nights in New Paltz, NY laboring over this record. Nobody had ever held us to the standard of quality that our producer Kevin McMahon was holding us to. He even made us tune our guitars between takes! In turn, we held ourselves to the same standard, and the music is a testament to that. Ten years ago you heard it too, and that changed our lives. So here we are, still doing it. We're pleased to invite you to celebrate this album at a few special shows where we'll play it in its entirety, and a bunch of other stuff too! Obviously the band has changed in countless ways over the past 10 years. Come and help us celebrate this landmark of our past while looking forward to new music and an even brighter future.

PS - Incredible cover reimagining done by the singular Robert Beatty, who also designed the original logo."

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This past March, Real Estate released Half a Human, a collection of six new songs that were started and finished in two very different places. As Real Estate’s first EP in more than a decade, singer/guitarist Martin Courtney admits that when writing this music, he was feeling weird about being in a band, wondering how the group was still going strong after so many years. But while the architecture of Half a Human was constructed during sessions for their 2020 album, The Main Thing, it wasn’t until after the pandemic hit that they revisited the recordings and arrived at a renewed commitment to their future.

In trading the material back and forth remotely, the members of Real Estate found new ways of working together during lockdown, further exploring the emotional landscapes they’ve been perfecting since their start. On Half a Human, the band cements themselves as indie rock lifers, and moments like the wistful crescendo of the title track will “remind you exactly why you fell in love with their suburban yearning” (Stereogum).

Listen to Half a Human, out everywhere via Domino:
https://smarturl.it/HalfAHuman

Watch a psychedelic series of FISK-directed videos for each song, inspired by old winamp visualizers and created through radical editing of candid footage from each band member: https://smarturl.it/HalfAHumanYT

In May, Martin Courtney and bassist/singer Alex Bleeker played a number of games as guests on NPR’s comedy trivia show Ask Me Another; listen back HERE and HERE. And be sure to check out the band’s Lagniappe Session for Aquarium Drunkard where they covered my bloody valentine, John Cale, Roger Miller and Jawbone.

Real Estate Tour Dates
11/3 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall at Babeville
11/4 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
11/5 - Ferndale, MI - Loving Touch
11/6 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
11/7 - Madison, WI - High Noon
11/9 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theatre
11/10 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
11/11 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
11/12 - Lexington, KY - The Burl (Outdoor Show)
11/13 - Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner
11/14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Music Hall
11/16 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom
11/17 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace
11/18 - Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts
11/19 - Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios
11/20 - Atlantic City, NJ - Anchor Rock Club [Just Added]
11/22-23 - Brooklyn, NY- Brooklyn Made [Just Added]
12/15 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall [Just Added]

Photo credit: Jake Michaels 

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