Real Estate (band)

Real Estate
Left to right: Alex Bleeker, Matt Mondanile, Martin Courtney, in 2011
Background information
Origin	Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Indie rock, dream pop, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, surf rock
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Mexican Summer, Woodsist, Underwater Peoples, Half Machine, Domino
Associated acts	Ducktails, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, Vin and the Vin Tones, Woods
Website	Official website
Members	Martin Courtney Alex Bleeker Matt Kallman Jackson Pollis Julian Lynch
Past members	Etienne Pierre Duguay Jonah Maurer Matt Mondanile

Real Estate is an American rock band from Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, formed in 2009. The band is currently based in Brooklyn, New York, and currently consists of Martin Courtney, IV (vocals, guitar), Alex Bleeker (bass, vocals), Jackson Pollis (drums), Matt Kallman (keyboards) and Julian Lynch (guitar).

Courtney, Bleeker and Matt Mondanile were childhood friends in Ridgewood, New Jersey where they attended Ridgewood High School together. After graduating from Ridgewood High School, they went their separate ways to study in college. Courtney attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Mondanile attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Bleeker attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.

In 2008, singer and guitarist Courtney, guitarist Mondanile (who had already started his own musical endeavor, Ducktails), bassist Bleeker (of Alex Bleeker and the Freeks), and drummer Etienne Pierre Duguay formed Real Estate in Ridgewood, New Jersey. In 2011 Jackson Pollis replaced Duguay on drums and Jonah Maurer joined the band on keys and guitar. The band is influenced by The Feelies, as Real Estate said to Still in Rock.