Martin Courtney
Martin Courtney is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ridge… Read Full Bio ↴Martin Courtney is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ridgewood, NJ, United States.
Courtney is known for the laid-back, melodically sweet, psychedelia-influenced indie rock he has created on his own and as leader of the band Real Estate, in addition to a short stint as keyboardist for indie punk rock group Titus Andronicus in 2006.
Raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey by parents who were both real estate agents, Courtney got his real estate license after finishing college, around the time he was putting together a band with former high-school bandmates Alex Bleeker, Etienne Duguay, and Matthew Mondanile.
In the fall of 2008, with Courtney on lead vocals and guitar, Real Estate began playing live, and early in 2009 they released the Suburban Beverage 7-inch, which introduced the group's brand of surfy, lo-fi pop. Their self-titled debut followed in the fall via the Woodsist label. The quartet joined the Domino Records roster in 2011 for its sophomore album, Days.
After touring and a couple of lineup changes, Courtney, Bleeker, Mondanile, keyboardist Matt Kallman, and drummer Jackson Pollis released 2014's Atlas, which cracked the Billboard 200's Top 50. In October 2015, with collaborators including Kallman, bassist Jarvis Taveniere of Woods, and lo-fi musician Julian Lynch, Courtney released his solo debut, the mellow Many Moons, via Domino.
Courtney is known for the laid-back, melodically sweet, psychedelia-influenced indie rock he has created on his own and as leader of the band Real Estate, in addition to a short stint as keyboardist for indie punk rock group Titus Andronicus in 2006.
Raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey by parents who were both real estate agents, Courtney got his real estate license after finishing college, around the time he was putting together a band with former high-school bandmates Alex Bleeker, Etienne Duguay, and Matthew Mondanile.
In the fall of 2008, with Courtney on lead vocals and guitar, Real Estate began playing live, and early in 2009 they released the Suburban Beverage 7-inch, which introduced the group's brand of surfy, lo-fi pop. Their self-titled debut followed in the fall via the Woodsist label. The quartet joined the Domino Records roster in 2011 for its sophomore album, Days.
After touring and a couple of lineup changes, Courtney, Bleeker, Mondanile, keyboardist Matt Kallman, and drummer Jackson Pollis released 2014's Atlas, which cracked the Billboard 200's Top 50. In October 2015, with collaborators including Kallman, bassist Jarvis Taveniere of Woods, and lo-fi musician Julian Lynch, Courtney released his solo debut, the mellow Many Moons, via Domino.
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Martin Courtney Lyrics
AIRPORT BAR Its half past two in the afternoon and I wish I…
Asleep Won't you please just let me be In the middle of…
Awake If the past is past its just the point if we're…
Before We Begin this place is going to waste whenever we're not here. one th…
Exit Music No we’re not as young as we once were But we…
Foto A photo held in front of you Or held in front…
Living Rooms When did this ritual become so hard This is all too…
Merlin In the basement of my mind I’m on a bike in…
Northern Highway Heading down a northern highway Blinded by the setting sun T…
Outcome Sweet painful memory Come find me here I pity who I was…
Sailboat Seen this place before Always makes me laugh Keyhole in the …
Terrestrial Darkness on the front porch, and the moon is low I’m…
Time To Go Winter in the northeast And the clocks are upside down There…
Vestiges Cracked car parks, abandoned malls Cheap guitars, and KC hal…