The new solo album by Martin Courtney, the guy from Real Estate, sounds almost exactly how one would expect a solo album to sound by the guy from Real Estate—a band that’s made its name on an instantly identifiable strain of laid-back jangle. With the help of Woods multi-instrumentalist Jarvis Taveniere, Many Moons pushes Courtney’s songwriting brand in gentle new ways, with strings and flutes creeping like softly invasive vines through the instrumental title track and elsewhere. Crafting a kind of idealized suburban exotica for the 21st century, the mournful violin swells of “Foto” and subtly triumphant background vocals of “Vestiges” have Courtney finding new turf within the ultra-conservative boundaries of his still-developing sound. Mostly, Courtney makes pleasing refrains and pleasing melodies and pleasing sounds. Though drums are the norm and guitar solos are frequent, Many Moons is built less on traditional rock rhythm arrangements than an adherence to an encompassing soft-hued dreaminess. “It all comes into focus the minute you relax your eyes,” Courtney sings on “Focus,” a mood that Many Moons achieves easily. Introspective and accessible, Many Moons points itself straight down the middle of the road toward a glowing New Jersey sunset.