March 11, 2024 The Bellwether Photos by A Rood Photography and words by Lawrence Mann
Florry, hailing from Philadelphia gushed they were overwhelmed to be playing and visiting Los Angeles for the first time. The seven members, dressed Echo Park chic and had a fine grasp of Americana.
New Jersey’s Real Estate entered the stage with no fanfare. They just got down to business, playing extremely ear pleasing music. Hearing them live allows to really experience every nuance; the heavy bass licks, Matt’s keyboards filling out their sound and Martin’s pitch-perfect voice.
What appears to be easily accessible rock songs are actually more complex than your average indie rock band. Real Estate can sound dreamy, jangly, and psychedelic, from one song to the next, sometimes in the same song. The fact that they have been friends since childhood shows in their cohesiveness. After 6 albums, they, like War On Drugs, play like a well-oiled machine. Bass player, Alex Bleeker mused that they can only afford side musicians for a couple of songs. This was directly after Fred Armisen joined the band on percussion for a half a dozen songs.
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Set List:
Somebody New
Flowers
Easy
Municipality
Water Underground
Talking Backwards
Freeze Brain with Fred Armisen
Darling with Fred Armisen
Crime with Fred Armisen
The Bend with Fred Armisen
You with Fred Armisen
Paper Cup with Fred Armisen
Haunted World
Say No More
Interior
November
All The Same
Saturday
It’s Real
Encore:
Undone: The Sweater Song (Weezer cover with Fred Armisen)
Had To Hear with Fred Armisen
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