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media release: Real Estate are finally about to head out on their first tour in two years, including a show at High Noon Saloon on 11/7. The band will play music from their latest album The Main Thing, as well as 2021's Half a Human EP and so much more. Yesterday also marked the 10th Anniversary of their breakout album Days, which they celebrated with a special tribute to the Television song that helped inspire its sound, style and title, a cover that "rattles the unbroken chain connecting melodic indie rock of the past and present" (Consequence).

Listen to their first-ever cover of "Days" here: https://smarturl.it/DaysTelevision

For a band whose approach is so inspired by the live experience, lockdown might have well been the longest time that Real Estate spent off the road and away from each other. Released mere weeks before COVID-19 shut down the country, with highlights like “Paper Cup,” The Main Thing was hailed as "deeply reflective" (NPR Music), "frequently beautiful" (UPROXX), "strikingly more adventurous" (VICE) and "the continuation of a laud-worthy evolution" (Aquarium Drunkard).

On Half a Human, they further explored the emotional landscapes they've been perfecting since their start. As they discovered new ways of working together from isolation, the EP reaffirmed the band as indie rock lifers, building the bridge to Real Estate's new era and a fresh commitment to their future. The epic jam of “Half a Human” is among their favorite songs to play live, and it'll "remind you exactly why you fell in love with their suburban yearning" (Stereogum).

In their time away from the stage, Real Estate have stayed as idiosyncratic and creative as ever, between releasing an augmented reality concert experience called The Quarantour, performing in a refrigerator, and more. Here's a feature at The New Yorker that documents their last show before lockdown, a series of guerilla concerts performed outside of NYC's extinct record stores.