Real Estate: s/t

Label: Woodsist

Don’t blink: Between now and when you finish this paragraph, Real Estate, a young North Jersey quartet, may have released another album, an EP and a couple of side-projects. But before they become one of 2010’s buzzier bands, be sure to get this self-titled full-length debut, which hits the slacker sweet spot of late-era capitalism (also known as Autumn 2009), conjuring a sound of sun-bleached indie-pop beauty on a beach of postponed hopelessness. (Brief pause to let you chew on that one. Should I have just said, “The housing market continues to slide, but Real Estate is on the rise”?) The easy flow of their sound bears more than a hint of their admitted heroes, The Clean, but it’s because of the way Real Estate sounds quite domestic—familiar, even—that they’ve become the latest blogger’s delight. If they can continue to grow from this worthy debut, look out for more and bigger things from them. (M.L. Thrope)