After playing together for over a decade, New Jersey band, Real Estate, decided to make a change…They brought in collaborators for the first time – like Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso – to get some fresh eyes on their latest project, called The Main Thing. Today, singer Martin Courtney and bassist Alex Bleeker explain how Steely Dan inspired them to take a new direction. Plus, we’ll hear Real Estate perform live. On the next World Cafe with host Raina Douris.

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