Real Estate take a walk on the mild side

Days spent slacking in Tony Soprano's 'hood inspired these old pals but there's a distinct Anglophile chime to their guitarsThe sound of the suburbs has been evolving for over 30 years. For punk rockers the Members in 1979, it was raucous and faintly melodic. For the Arcade Fire, on their 2010 album The Suburbs, it has proved to be tuneful but seriously histrionic. For Real Estate, a band from the New Jersey 'burbs, and whose songs have often made reference to the quiet and unremarkable nature o...

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