Something Real is Meg & Dia

Meg & Dia

Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton, and is now a five-piece act with additional members Nicholas Price, Jonathan Snyder and Carlo Gimenez....

's second album (but first mainstream) which was released on August 8, 2006. After signing a deal with Doghouse Records

Doghouse Records

Doghouse Records is a Toledo, Ohio based record label, now run out of the New York City office. Since 2004 Doghouse has been a part of the Warner Music Group....

 the previous fall, they started recording in January 2006. This album contains both brand new songs, and revamped versions of their originally acoustic songs. Many songs draw inspiration from books such as East of Eden, Rebecca

Rebecca (novel)

Rebecca is a novel by Daphne du Maurier. When Rebecca was published in 1938, du Maurier became – to her great surprise – one of the most popular authors of the day. Rebecca is considered to be one of her best works...

and Indiana

Indiana (novel)

Indiana is the first novel of George Sand, published in April 1832. It was Amandine Aurore Dupin's first novel published under the pseudonym George Sand. The novel blends the conventions of romanticism, realism, and idealism. The novel is about love and marriage.The novel set partly in France,...

. "Courage, Robert" was written about composer Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....

. The album peaked at #12 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.

Track listing

1. "Monster" – 2:43
2. "Roses" – 3:28
3. "Tell Mary" – 3:47
4. "Indiana" – 2:47
5. "Masterpiece" – 3:29
6. "Rebecca" – 3:24
7. "Nineteen Stars" – 3:26
8. "Cardigan Weather" – 2:55
9. "Getaways Turned Holidays" – 4:03
10. "Courage, Robert" – 2:55
11. "Setting Up Sunday" – 4:04
12. "Monster (Acoustic iTunes Bonus Track)" – 2:42