Real Emotional Trash is the fourth album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.

The album was released on March 4, 2008, by Matador Records.

[14] The album features Quasi and Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss.

[15] The album was recorded at SnowGhost Music in Whitefish, Montana, and Wilco's Foxtrot Studio in Chicago, Illinois.

The cover image incorporates elements from a 1973/4 issue of Graphis Annual.