Ducktails

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

I mean, he admits he is an “abuser” in that facebook statement and kind of pleads for a second chance. He apologizes to Julia Holter. Maybe it’s not sincere — I wouldn’t want my female friends going near him — but it seems like a weird opportunity to pile on again. More people know Matt Mondanile is a predator than can name even one Ducktails song—he’s done.

It is a very self-pitying post, I’ll admit. But he’s trash—it shouldn’t be surprising.

Ok screenshotting the donation page in the plea for absolution is pretty lol/transparently self-serving

So I finally got around to listening to The Flower Lane and it's good!
Too bad this guy's a sex pest, though.
Any recommendations for music like this, but not by a sex pest?

ecstatic sunshine

will try, ty!

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