Many Moons is the debut solo album by Martin Courtney, the frontman of the American indie rock band Real Estate, released on October 30, 2015 on Domino Records.
[3] Woods' Jarvis Taveniere had access to a studio ahead of the recording sessions for Atlas and asked Courtney to make a single.
"[11] For his touring band, Courtney recruited Taveniere and Aaron Neveu, both of whom were main contributors in the album sessions, on bass and drums, respectively.
"[19] Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars, stating, "As a vocalist, Courtney equally evokes Kurt Vile's listlessness and Doug Martsch's heroic exhaustion, switching from detached indie drawl to earnest rocker croon from one song to the next."
Bernstein was more critical of the album expressing that, "The Brooklyn-based singer is an expert arranger and song craftsman, if only an adequate lyricist: He trades in plenty of pop/rock cliches, which can work well – but when Courtney sings lines like, "We're not the same as who we were/Doesn't matter anymore," it's unclear if he's toying around with recycled images of young-adult malaise or simply passing them off as original profundity of his own.
At its best, though, Courtney's solo debut is a big-hearted reflection on time, memory and innocence that makes growing up sound every bit as scary as it is.