1 On The Boardwalk
2 Landrunner
3 Roses
4 Welcome Home (I'm Back)
5 Deck Observatory
6 Spring
7 OH, Magnolia Tree
8 Wishes
9 Seagull's Flight
10 House Of Mirrors
We've been keeping a close watch on the Real Estate camp because, well, we like them ... and their camp puts out a lot of stuff. The other day it was bassist Alex Bleeker fronting the Freaks, a band that includes Real Estaters Martin Courtney and Matt Mondanile. Today it's a new track from Mondanile's Ducktails, who we last caught up with via "Parasailing," his contribution to a split Underwater Peoples 7". This time we have a track from the forthcoming Landscapes LP (from which we also heard "Landrunner"). It's a brief, melancholic, and somehow oddly pastoral guitar-lined piece with a certain airy lightness threaded throughout. Then again, it has me thinking of clear forerunner Azusa Plane, which makes the mood that much heavier.
Landscapes is out 8/3 via Olde English Spelling Bee. It can currently be pre-ordered at Insound (while there, take a moment to read Charles Berlitz's letter-as-release description.) You can also hear an unmastered version of the LP's "Welcome Home (I'm Back" at MySpace.)
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