R
eal Estate is set to release a new album, The Wee Small Hours, on May 2. This collection of B-sides, covers, and unreleased tracks spans the band's 14-year tenure with Domino Records. It includes their takes on Television's "Days," the Nerves' "Paper Dolls," and the Strokes' "Barely Legal."
"We've been wanting to do this for a while," says frontman Martin Courtney. "The title comes from an unreleased song we recorded in 2013, referencing Frank Sinatra's great record of the same name. This feels like a worthy addition to our catalog."
Their latest studio album, Daniel, came out last year. To coincide with The Wee Small Hours, Real Estate has shared a music video for "Pink Sky," directed by Micah Welner and featuring Courtney dressed as a wizard.
Real Estate released their self-titled debut in 2009 on Woodsist before joining Domino in 2011. The label issued the group's next five studio albums: Days (2011), Atlas (2014), In Mind (2017), The Main Thing (2020), and Daniel.
The Wee Small Hours: B-Sides and Other Detritus 2011-2025:
01 Pink Sky
02 Exactly Nothing
03 Barely Legal
04 In My Car
05 Two Part, Part Two
06 Paper Dolls
07 Blue Lebaron
08 Days
09 The Chancellor
10 Recreation
11 Daniel
12 Two Part
