Ducktails

oh here's the original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP9gFGjebBw

that is a great tape, dude was in the NZ band Snapper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLAmmqElzM

Anyone else at the Lexington show last night? Phenomenal stuff; the new material is so much better live; looser, freer etc. And Matt Mondanile's guitar work was absolutely sublime. Could happily listen to him puttering about for hours.

Flower Lane grew on me. it's pretty cool, especially the first half.

Hastily put together review of said gig...
http://crackmagazine.net/music/ducktails-2/

Flower Lane is gorgeous. What Pitchfork listed as a defect of Ducktails -- Mondaile's preference for surfaces over substance, the fact that his songs do not "cohere" as neatly as Real Estate's songs do, for instance -- I think is one of his great strengths. If the songs felt like they were "going somewhere" they wouldn't have the magical, meandering quality that they do.

Best Ducktails, imo.

it's hard for me to choose between this one and arcade dynamics, which is an album that make me happy whenever i listen to it. i think they accomplish different things.

*makes

every time I see this damn thread I keep hearing "Life is like a hurricaaaaaaaaaaaaane" and having to remind myself that it's about something different

Egyptian Sports Network collaboration w/ Spencer Clark from Skaters is sounding pretty good.

https://soundcloud.com/new-images/egyptian-sports-network-leo-in

finally got around to The FLower Lane and it's pretty great imo
one of those times where for a second i was mad at myself for not delving in earlier but then it sounds totally OTM right now while staring out at the bright frozen wasteland out the window. so i Ain't mad at me

it's a great album, one of my favorites from last year. the cover of "planet phrom" is a treat

Can't say I care much for Ducktails, but DJ Sprinkles' remix of "Letter Of Intent" is phenomenal, if you haven't heard Queerifications & Ruins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDv5-IfshwM

Is there another thread dedicated to Ducktails' new album, St. Catherine? I thought there'd be more fans. I didn't even realize this was released until now. Listening. Reviews seem tepid, but I loved the last two albums, so...

this one is kind of growing on me, but as of yet i'm still listening to it more out of loyalty to magic first impressions with the last one than for what it does on its own

Wait, what?

There's a new album?

https://www.spin.com/2017/10/matt-mondanile-aka-ducktails-departed-real-estate-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

Fuck

Did Julian come back to replace this dude?

This is pretty disturbing.

Dude's whole persona is about being chill, taking it easy, and wearing oversized oxford shirts. Getting sort of Jimmy Saville vibes from the gap between an orchestrated appearance and a sinister reality.

This must have been very serious for his high school friends to fire him.

damn, that is lame — will not be checking out this dude's new record.

Good on them for sacking him *before* the allegations were even public knowledge, that's rare.

but then not saying anything about those allegations to anyone?

article makes it sound like he only got fired bc of the guy who was not already friends with him

damn, that is lame — will not be checking out this dude's new record.

― tylerw, Friday, October 13, 2017 3:54 PM (four minutes ago)

yeah i just threw it on the other day . i liked a few tracks but i'd have a hard time going back to it now

but then not saying anything about those allegations to anyone?

I'm honestly not sure if it's all that important to reach out to anyone except whoever was directly affected? Otherwise all you're doing is letting your fans know how correct and righteous you were to kick him out.

or warning other women to stay away from him

OK, that's fair.

yeah i get not wanting to publicly shame someone (especially someone you were close with), but an abuser will often just keep abusing if there's not something specific put out there.

I suspect someone argued this exact point with them, hence the public clarification 1.5 years on

Not directly related but obv relevant

BREAKING: Alex Calder dropped form @capturedtracks due to " an allegation of sexual assault". https://t.co/M39rxSVt42

— jesse d-s (@jesseds) October 13, 2017

oh no. the national gallery of art is going to have a hell of a time uninstalling those mobiles.

I've heard things over the years about MM but nothing specific, vague things about him being a 'creep' & a predator. Behavior that was completely at odds with the 'take it easy' 'killing the vibe' pose from him. Several years ago some friends played with Real Estate & walked in on MM doing a ton of coke right before Real Estate's set. 'Duckrails' is a name I've heard often.

Pitchfork reporting Gaslamp Killer raped 2 women, Millions of Dead Posers posted on Facebook and said it was true

Feel like this next week is going to be stomach churning

damn it

first heard rumours about Alex Calder being a creep in montreal ages ago

"Creepy" seems like an imprecise term for people who are alleged to have assaulted people. I guess this is just what people say when they don't want to give details.

oh i didn't mean to imply i didn't know details. it was an open secret for at least the last... wanna say 2 years?

I remember hearing this about Matt Mondanile some time ago... like 2009, 2010? It was after a tour in Australia. And then another independent account a few years later...

"The world of 2017 is really getting me down, time for something lighter, oh here's a thread on the delightful theme tune to Ducktails. Oh... oh..." 😔 😡

A new story

https://www.spin.com/featured/matt-mondanile-ducktails-real-estate-sexual-misconduct-allegations-detailed/

...this guy.

https://pitchfork.com/news/matt-mondanile-addresses-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

Whole lotta garbage here.

https://pitchfork.com/news/julia-holter-says-matt-mondanile-was-emotionally-abusive/

Julia Holter's story

*fart

Matt "I respect women because I donated to RAINN" Mondanile sure loves liking anti-feminist, conservative MRA crap on Twitter pic.twitter.com/Qa9PARCkGl

— Kat Bee (@katbeee) January 26, 2018

Calling someone out over their Twitter likes is a bit unfair though as I know a lot of people who use it as a bookmarking system rather than for agreeing with a Tweet's sentiment.

Not saying that's the case here but there's been plenty of threads about it in the last week now that other user's likes are showing up in people's feeds.

It's shite tbh and we should bh