{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = In Mind | type = studio | artist = Real Estate | cover = Real Estate, In Mind, album art.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = March 17, 2017 | recorded = June–August 2016 | venue = | studio = Lucy's Meat Market<br><small>(Los Angeles, California)</small> <br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/24-01-17/in-mind|website=dominorecordco.us|publisher=Domino|title=Real Estate: Atlas|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> | genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|jangle pop|dream pop|psychedelic rock}} | length = 44:51 | label = Domino | producer = Cole M.G.N. | prev_title = Atlas | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = The Main Thing | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{Singles | name = In Mind | type = studio | single1 = Darling | single1date = January 24, 2017 | single2 = Stained Glass | single2date = March 7, 2017 }} }} {{Music ratings | ADM = 7.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8540/Real-Estate-In-Mind.aspx|title=In Mind by Real Estate reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> | MC = 76/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/in-mind/real-estate|title=Reviews and Tracks for In Mind by Real Estate|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=April 1, 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-mind-mw0003018240|title=In Mind – Real Estate|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 5, 2017|last=Donelson|first=Marcy}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2score = C<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/spoon-real-estate-and-sorority-noise-in-this-week-s-m-1798288107|title=Real Estate's In Mind is an incremental, if overly languid, step forward|work=The A.V. Club|date=March 17, 2017|access-date=January 10, 2020|last=Zaleski|first=Annie}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Consequence of Sound'' | rev3Score = B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/03/album-review-real-estate-in-mind/|title=Real Estate – In Mind|work=Consequence of Sound|date=March 14, 2017|accessdate=January 10, 2020|last=Van Nguyen|first=Dean}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/16/real-estate-in-mind-review-understated-pleasures-from-steadfast-indie-rockers|title=Real Estate: In Mind review – understated pleasures from steadfast indie-rockers|work=The Guardian|date=March 17, 2017|accessdate=March 21, 2017|last=Mumford|first=Gwilym}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Real Estate: In Mind|journal=Mojo|issue=281|date=April 2017|last=Doyle|first=Tom|page=91}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6score = 7.2/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23006-in-mind/|title=Real Estate: In Mind|work=Pitchfork|date=March 21, 2017|accessdate=March 21, 2017|last=Snapes|first=Laura}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Real Estate: In Mind|journal=Q|issue=371|date=May 2017|last=Harrison|first=Ian|page=111}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Record Collector'' | rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/mind-2|title=Real Estate – In Mind|journal=Record Collector|issue=464|date=March 2017|accessdate=January 10, 2020|last=Pearlman|first=Mischa}}</ref> | rev9 = ''The Times'' | rev9score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/pop-real-estate-in-mind-qsmnst6t3|title=Pop: Real Estate: In Mind|work=The Times|date=March 17, 2017|access-date=January 10, 2020|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal|title=Real Estate: In Mind|journal=Uncut|issue=239|date=April 2017|last=Dale|first=Jon|page=37}}</ref> }} '''''In Mind''''' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Real Estate, released on March 17, 2017, on Domino Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66387-real-estate-announce-new-album-in-mind-share-video-for-new-song-darling-watch/|title=Real Estate Announce New Album In Mind, Share Video for New Song "Darling": Watch {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> It is the band's first album since founding member Matt Mondanile's departure, and the first with his replacement as lead guitarist, Julian Lynch.
==Background== Before reconvening to work on songs that lead singer Martin Courtney had written for their fourth album, Real Estate decided to part ways with lead guitarist and founding member Matt Mondanile. According to bassist Alex Bleeker, "We decided to part ways because we found it difficult to work together."<ref name=Leas>{{cite web|last=Leas|first=Ryan|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1929982/qa-real-estate-on-growing-up-together-moving-away-from-each-other-superpowers/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Real Estate On Growing Up Together, Moving Away From Each Other, & Superpowers|work=Stereogum|date=March 16, 2017|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
The impending split with Mondanile was not a surprise, according to Courtney: "It made a lot of sense to everyone involved. It was definitely not a shock. He was doing Ducktails, but it happened when we were just about to start working on Real Estate again. We kinda saw it coming. It was a little weird not having him around because he was the lead guitar player and a founding member of the band, so he was involved in all aspects of the band, including the business side of things. It was a change. But the four remaining members — including Matt Kallman, who had been in the band for three or four years at that point — were already a tight unit without Matt in the picture."<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Cam|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/past-lives-and-future-days-a-conversation-with-real-estate/|title=Past Lives and Future Days: A Conversation With Real Estate|work=Noisey|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
After the remaining members of Real Estate had begun working on new songs as a four-piece, Courtney traveled to Madison, Wisconsin for a solo show on February 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/martin-courtney-w-tba/|title=Martin Courtney w/ The Pollinators|work=Wisconsin Union|accessdate=April 27, 2017|archive-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427193734/https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/martin-courtney-w-tba/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the show he was joined by Julian Lynch, who was working on his Ph.D. dissertation at University of Wisconsin-Madison and had also contributed electric guitar, organ and vocals to "Asleep", a track on Courtney's solo album, ''Many Moons''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/03/15/guitarist-julian-lynch-newest-member-real-estate/99165282/|last=Warburton|first=Bob|title=Guitarist Julian Lynch is newest member of Real Estate|work=NorthJersey.com|date=March 15, 2017|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
After the show, Courtney mentioned the guitarist vacancy to Lynch, without expecting him to be available due to his Ph.D. work. But Lynch, a childhood friend of Courtney, Bleeker and Mondanile from Ridgewood who had also played clarinet on Real Estate's previous album, ''Atlas'', offered his services. After consulting with Bleeker, who approved of the idea, Courtney called Lynch to confirm the latter's interest, to which Lynch responded in the affirmative.<ref name=Budnick>{{cite web|url=https://www.relix.com/articles/detail/track_by_track_real_estates_in_mind|last=Budnick|first=Dean|title=Track By Track: Real Estate's 'In Mind'|work=Relix|date=March 16, 2017|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
On May 25, 2016, the band officially announced Mondanile's departure and Lynch's membership, and that their new album was currently in progress.<ref>{{cite web|author=Real Estate|url=https://www.facebook.com/realestateband/posts/1508771399136579|title=As we get ready for our first show in over 10 months...|work=Facebook|date=May 25, 2016|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
==Recording== Prior to Lynch joining Real Estate, the band had already started working on songs as a four-piece in Beacon, New York, where Courtney had recently relocated with his wife and their two young daughters. The other band members stayed at an Airbnb down the road from Courtney's residence, and every morning the band would walk to a rented practice space, Cassandra Studio, inside an old high school to work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shorefire.com/client/real-estate/bio|title=Bio Real Estate|work=Shorefire Media|accessdate=April 27, 2017|archive-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427195950/http://shorefire.com/client/real-estate/bio|url-status=dead}}</ref> They recorded full band demos at the practice space with the help of Jarvis Taveniere from the band Woods,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2017/03/09/real-estate-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/|title=Real Estate :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview|last=Hale|first=Tyler|work=Aquarium Drunkard|date=March 9, 2017|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref> in which songs that didn't have lead guitar parts provided by Courtney left space for more prominent keyboard and bass parts. A month after the initial two-week demo sessions, the band returned to Beacon with Lynch on board for another week of work, in which Lynch added textural elements if a song didn't require further lead guitar playing from him.<ref name=Gaworecki>{{cite web|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2017/03/27/real-estates-new-albums-location-location-location/|title=On New Album, In Mind, Real Estate is All about Location, Location, Location|last=Gaworecki|first=Mike|work=Brooklyn|date=March 27, 2017|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
To produce the album, the band chose to work with Cole M.G.N. According to Bleeker, “We wanted to work with Cole because overall on this record, our goal was to use the studio as an instrument a bit more than we had on previous records."<ref name=Budnick /> Since Cole insisted on working in Los Angeles, the band rented a house in Los Feliz, and recording took place in June 2016 at Lucy's Meat Market in Eagle Rock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BGf6o-TKtYE/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BGf6o-TKtYE |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|author=@lucysmeatmarket|title=day 2 with @realestateband|work=Instagram|date=June 11, 2016|accessdate=April 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During recording, the band allowed Cole more control compared to previous producers they had worked with, a first for the band. According to Courtney, “Cole played more of a traditional producer role, where we would talk about the arrangements of the songs, and we would talk about song structure and stuff together.”<ref name=Gaworecki />
The album's title was chosen via group text discussion, in which around fifty "progressively dumber" names were proposed before drummer Jackson Pollis suggested ''In Mind''.<ref name=Leas />
==Accolades== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Publication ! Accolade ! Year ! Rank ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | ''Uncut'' | Albums of the Year | 2017 | {{center|65}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/795-uncuts-75-best-albums-of-2017/|title=Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2017 |work= Uncut |publisher= |date=November 21, 2017 |accessdate=November 21, 2017}}</ref>}} |}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Real Estate | total_length = 44:51 | title1 = Darling | length1 = 4:20 | title2 = Serve the Song | length2 = 3:13 | title3 = Stained Glass | length3 = 3:54 | title4 = After the Moon | length4 = 4:50 | title5 = Two Arrows | length5 = 6:50 | title6 = White Light | length6 = 3:14 | title7 = Holding Pattern | length7 = 3:46 | title8 = Time | length8 = 3:49 | title9 = Diamond Eyes | length9 = 2:34 | title10 = Same Sun | length10 = 3:17 | title11 = Saturday | length11 = 5:04 }}
==Personnel== *Martin Courtney – vocals, guitar *Alex Bleeker – bass guitar, vocals {{small|(track 9)}} *Jackson Pollis – drums and percussion *Matt Kallman – keyboards *Julian Lynch – lead guitar
'''Technical''' *Cole M.G.N. – mixing and production *Greg Calbi – mastering *Pete Min – assistant engineering
'''Design''' *Robery Beatty – design, logo *Shawn Brackbill – photography *Rob Carmichael – graphic design
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/03/aria-chart-watch-413/|title=ARIA CHART WATCH #413|publisher=auspOp|date=March 25, 2017|accessdate=March 25, 2017|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326050459/https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/03/aria-chart-watch-413/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 75 |- {{album chart|Flanders|125|artist=Real Estate|album=In Mind|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 1, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|85|artist=Real Estate|album=In Mind|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|43|artist=Real Estate|album=In Mind|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|66|date=20170324|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2017}} |- {{album chart|UK2|80|date=20170324|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|100|artist=Real Estate|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 28, 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|13|artist=Real Estate|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 10, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|17|artist=Real Estate|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 10, 2020}} |}
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