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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Ducktails - The Mall + Daily Vacation

Posted 12/16/2008 10:00 AM by Kev Kharas

Tags: ambient, drone, psychedelic, tropical

Remember when things were simple enough that when strangers at parties asked what music you listened to, you could reply with something as generic as "rock" or "dance" or "hip-hop"? Seems to me like those days of easy answers are gone - which in some ways is a bummer, because now all you have for those strangers is a shoulder shrug and some mumbling as you try to convey that you're really big on post-ironic, tropical psych-drone at the moment without sounding like an utterly obtuse f*ck. 23-year-old Matthew Mondanile is the man behind Ducktails, as any true fan of post-ironic, tropical psych-drone will already know given the smattering of his tracks that have surfaced online over the last month or so. What you might not be aware of, though, is that Mondanile can sing - musically "The Mall" follows a familiar meandering, sun-lit path but having the New Jersey kid's voice over the top gives it an extra dimension for you to plug into. "Daily Vacation", also from Ducktails' new self-titled LP (forthcoming on Not Not Fun), sees vocals shy away again, allowing gilded guitar and moseying drums to drift blissfully like a whole warm front through your drafty mid-winter window frames.

Sounds like: Ecstatic Sunshine, Durutti Column, White Williams

Ducktails - The Mall

Ducktails - Daily Vacation

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