Galway shows for Real Estate, Sunny Day in Glasgow

After the mighty coup of sealing a Dinosaur Jr/Built to Spill double-bill, Galway continues to fly the flag for the oft-neglected west: there's more mouth-watering shows lined up in May. Previously announced for Whelans, Philadelphian shoegazers A Sunny Day in Glasgow will also be dropping into Roisin Dubh on May 17th. Real Estate will also bring their psychedelic sun-kissed jams to the same venue on the 11th, the night after their show in Crawdaddy.

Albums of the Year, 2009 : 18 - Real Estate - Real Estate

"...while the Jersey Shore has clearly become the beating heart of their current aesthetic, Real Estate captures a rock band several lengths ahead of the fuzzy beach bums with which they pine. Real Estate share tones with North Jersey indie rock titans Yo La Tengo and the Feelies, pouring those influences through warm impressions of oldies radio. Riffs are cyclical and massaged, harmonies familiar. Each song is dunked in reverb and delay, though always with serious restraint. Most importantly, all boast architecture that still allows for swaths of jamming, the feeling that every measure's unfolding as easily as life ought to.

"Atlantic City" is a fitting entrance point, an instrumental that lopes along on a humid bass line before Courtney and Mondanile (the mind behind the cassette adventures of Ducktails) begin gently braiding together strands of trebly surf guitar over Mexican güiro. Single "Beach Comber" keeps things light as Courtney looks for meaning in the sand while Mondanile pokes around with his Strat. The bedrock here (see "Fake Blues") is almost krautrock-y in the way each layer repeats itself, a bent that might prove too drowsy for some. But as is the case for much of the experience, Mondanile adds classic rock sugars throughout, taking off on a solo at the three-minute mark that unbuttons everything really gracefully."

- David Bevan, Pitchfork