Real Estate, Grumpy

Sinna Nasseri
The five members of Real Estate and friend.
Real Estate
Feel-good indie pop from New Jersey (via Brooklyn, New York, and which includes among its members longtime Madison-based musician Julian Lynch) doesn’t get any feel-goodier than Real Estate. Lead singer Martin Courtney has a happy warble not unlike Ben Gibbard’s. If possible, opener Grumpy, from Queens, New York, is even more elated. This show has the pop jangle to take your mind off your troubles. Denial pick of the week.
media release: At the end of 2024 Grumpy released Wolfed, their debut EP on Bayonet Records (Beach Fossils, Mei Semones). A NYC-based project led by Heaven Schmitt (they/he), the EP made an immediate impact, earning praise from outlets like FADER (who called Grumpy "a band to watch in 2025"), BrooklynVegan and FLOOD, landed on Stereogum and Paste's Best EPs of 2024 lists, while making Stereogum's Best New Artists list.
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