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9.0
136493
9.0 |
All Music
This is Real Estate at their best, giving us the same bright and bittersweet indie perfection as always, only better with age and experience
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8.0
136540
8.0 |
Clash
Shaking off the self-doubt that seemed to creep in on 2020’s ‘The Main Thing’, Real Estate emerged as a band renewed, the palpable unity in these performances amplifying their sense of purpose. A Springtime joy
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8.0
136554
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Returning to more basic and reserved sonics, they managed to sound more confident and distinctive, while keeping it… yeah, on the same level of unremarkableness and boredom. In a good way
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8.0
136472
8.0 |
Uncut
There is a hint of Nashville in the production, a dash of steel guitar, but the main symptom is the clarity of the sound. It dares to be understated, pushing Real Estate's artful ambivalence into the light. Print edition only
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8.0
136473
8.0 |
Mojo
Daniel conveys an expert melancholy. its ups always just on the brink of an elegant down. Print edition only
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8.0
136477
8.0 |
The Skinny
The jangly New Jerseyans provide another nugget of blissful escapism
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8.0
136485
8.0 |
Dork
A stalwart of American dream-pop, they continue to push the genre forward without losing their identity, making this yet another standout moment in Real Estate’s enviable career
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7.7
136558
7.7 |
Paste Magazine
The Brooklyn-via-New Jersey band’s sixth album shows traces of kaleidoscopic optimism
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7.6
136474
7.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Daniel delivers the twofold triumphs of, first, delivering satisfactorily upon the band’s original talent for hooks and vibe, and second, demonstrating enough variety to suggest that Real Estate doesn’t intend to forever languish in their comfort zone to diminishing returns
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7.5
136605
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
The songs on Real Estate’s sixth album are pop perfection, tight and compact rather than the meandering turn the band took on some previous albums
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6.9
136550
6.9 |
Pitchfork
The indie pop veterans’ sixth album fuses the laid-back sound of 1990s soft rock with pedal steel and countrypolitan filigree. It’s lean, clean—and a little sleepy
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6.5
136479
6.5 |
Northern Transmissions
Daniel stands as a monument, a reminder of Real Estate’s unwavering, detrimental (and admirable), determined pledge to their specific sound
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6.0
136478
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Yet another development in the career of a band that can update and improve while staying true to their own style without diluting its character
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6.0
136475
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Hopefully, even if this is only just above average in its quality, Daniel might mark the beginning of Real Estate’s most adventurous phase
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6.0
136476
6.0 |
DIY
There is plenty to like here - but there’s a sense of creative inertia that means it’s a difficult record to truly love
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6.0
136499
6.0 |
Exclaim
Ultimately, Daniel is perfectly pleasant. At this point, what more can we really ask of Real Estate?
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6.0
136561
6.0 |
Spill Magazine
There are green shoots of something here, be it more maturity in the songwriting or the ability to carve out fun pop hooks, but green shoots are about all we get
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5.0
136615
5.0 |
PopMatters
Daniel‘s “brand-new old-fashioned” version of Real Estate is totally workable but is also a reminder that the old-fashioned stuff was better
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