{"id":3608,"date":"2015-07-17T14:48:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2015-07-28T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:34:15","slug":"ducktails-st-catherine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/ducktails-st-catherine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducktails <br>St. Catherine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ducktails-stcatherine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3609\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ducktails-stcatherine.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktails, St. Catherine\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ducktails-stcatherine.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ducktails-stcatherine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>As the side gig of guitarist Matt Mondanile, Ducktails is likely to be inextricably linked to Real Estate for as long as time goes on\u2014and there\u2019s probably nothing Mondanile can do about it. It even seems slightly unfair considering Ducktails developed mostly at the same time as Real Estate. But now Real Estate is the popular, jangly Jersey pop band we hear about, and Ducktails is sort of the deep cut listen. This might prove to be the downfall of Ducktails.<\/p>\n<p>It also doesn\u2019t help that Ducktails\u2019 sound has grown to resemble that of Real Estate. Take the project\u2019s latest, <i>St. Catherine<\/i> (Domino Recording Co.), as a prime example. The record is cohesive only in its vibe, with back-to-front breezy melodies. <i>St. Catherine<\/i> is so chill that it could be used as an argument that chillwave can be made with little to no synth. Mondanile sings about how a \u201cnine to five\u201d isn\u2019t for him in \u201cHeadbanging in the Mirror,\u201d while \u201cInto the Sky,\u201d \u201cSurreal Exposure,\u201d and \u201cHeaven\u2019s Room\u201d sound just as washed out as their titles imply. The approach of <i>St. Catherine<\/i> matches that of any Real Estate record, without that band\u2019s intricacy and cohesion.<\/p>\n<p><i>St. Catherine<\/i> is assuredly easy listening, and its few bright moments come in the record\u2019s instrumental cuts: \u201cThe Disney Afternoon\u201d and \u201cKrumme Lanke.\u201d Without lyrical context and human voice, Mondanile flourishes and truly showcases Ducktails\u2019 potential by crafting a steady flow with true imagination and nuance. It wouldn\u2019t be surprising if these songs and extended versions of other cuts from the album shred in kaleidoscopic manner live. As with similar quandaries when the bigger act overshadows the side project, it begs the question of whether or not <i>St. Catherine<\/i> would succeed without Real Estate. All signs here point to an indecisive answer, as it seems Mondanile doesn\u2019t entirely know what he\u2019s going for here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the side gig of guitarist Matt Mondanile, Ducktails is likely to be inextricably linked to Real Estate for as long as time goes on\u2014and there\u2019s probably nothing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,683,1337],"class_list":["post-3608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-domino-recording-co","tag-ducktails"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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