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In 2009, from Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States; an American indie rock band called Real Estate (originally made up of three friends) was formed. Real Estate is made up of band members Julian Lynch (guitar), Sammi Niss (drums), Matt Kallman (keyboards), Martin Courtney (vocals, guitar) and Alex Bleeker (bass, vocals). The Main Thing (2020), In Mind (2017), Atlas (2014), Days (2011) and Real Estate (2009), are the names of the five albums the band has released till date. Matt Mondanile, Courtney and Bleeker were childhood friends back in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Bleeker and Courtney first met in third grade and in eighth grade, they became very good friends bonding over a common interest in Pavement, Weezer and Built to Spill. Courtney and Mondanile met on the school bus when she and Bleeker attended Ridgewood High School. Mondanile was plugged to his Walkman, listening to the Impossibles and he asked Courtney if she wanted to listen too. This caused Courtney to become friends with Mondanile and his group of friends, and she even auditioned to join the latter's band as a bass player but she was rejected and replaced by an older kid who had a car. Mondanile and Bleeker shared the same teacher for guitar lessons which they were learning with their school friend Julian Lynch, who later became the guitarist for Real Estate. Mondanile would teach Bleeker how to play Pixies songs after guitar lessons. At the time, Courtney was already a skilled bassist who played in the school's jazz band. Courtney organized a show in his parents' back yard on his 15th birthday, and all his friends who were in bands performed that day. Bleeker, Mondanile and Courtney performed live together at his birthday for the very time. All three of them played in various bands throughout high school as a result of the school's Open Mic Nights. They separated to college after they graduated from Ridgewood High School. Bleeker attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont; Mondanile attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts where he got involved in the bubbling local scene and started Ducktails which was his own recording project; and Courtney attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Although they were apart, each would write songs and share with each other. While they were in college, Bleeker, Courtney and Moondanile reunited as Lese Majesty during their summer break. They recorded and toured backing band for Julian Lynch, their school friend with Lynch as guitarist and lead singer, Mondanile on bass, Courtney on Fender Rhodes piano, Bleeker on guitar and Etienne Pierre Duguay, Mondanile's acquaintance in Massachusetts with whom he formed Predator Vision; a band named after watching the movie called Predator. At Courtney's uncle's house in Maine, Lese Majesty recorded an album and went on a U.S. tour, though Courtney opted out because he was still in college and wasn’t as free as the rest. Courtney's songs inspired the others to form another band so as to perform his songs. Over G-chat, Courtney shared some song concepts with Mondanile and in the summer of 2008 when they both moved back to Ridgewood, they wrote more songs which later became the bedrock of Real Estate. They were joined by Duguay and Bleeker after recording several songs. They met and jammed in the basement of Courtney's parents' house. Courtney formed the bass line for “Suburban Beverage” during a night of drinking vodka by the backyard pool. The others continued developing the band while Bleeker moved to Philadelphia briefly and when Bleeker rejoined, he played the bass to enable Courtney play the guitar, and this made it easier for him to sing. Motivated by the success of the local bands, Vivian Girls and Titus Andronicus, they decided to take the band seriously by deciding on a name. The name Real Estate was inspired by Courtney who was studying to get his real estate license at the time the band had started, and he was able to sell his grandmother's house in the process. Courtney's parents came up with the suggestion for all of them to get real estate licenses while they were rehearsing at Courtney’s House. The band thought of a back up plan which involved working at Courtney's parents' real estate agency in case their music career wasn’t successful. Real Estate mentioned to Still in Rock that the Feelies influenced the band. The band, Real Estate is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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