it came from new jersey (this week in mail order)
Thursday, May 7th, 2009This time there are two new releases from the wondrous realm of New Jersey. The first has had quite a bit of fan fair on the internet, and the other, as far as I can see, has been released silently…but people need to take notice!
First off comes by way of Brooklyn’s own Woodsist Records with the release of a new Real Estate 7″. The boys in Real Estate have been turning heads since the release of the first 7″, and their live shows have been getting great reviews. This 7″ is titled “Fake Blues,” and I assume that it is the song we have all heard floating around on the web…as well as a B Side or two titled “Poolswimmers.”
This 7″ might or might not be the domestic issue of the Real Estate 7″ that is being released on Half Machine Records in Europe? Anyone with info on this please let me know. See the comments for the differences between the 7″s (thanks Martin).
If you aren’t familiar with Real Estate yet, you should be…their sweet sounds of Galexie 500 meets Pavement meets Grateful Dead psychedelic jams all with a bit of country twang mixed in just might make them your new favorite band. And don’t worry if these few 7″s aren’t enough Real Estate has a big year planned…with a 12″ EP coming out on Mexican Summer in June (500 Copies only. Take note of this now.), and a full length due out on Woodsist as well.
Buy Real Estate’s Fake Blues 7″ from Woodsist Records here (PayPal info at the bottom of the page).
for more on Real Estate (including mp3s) click here.
Now for the this week’s quiet thunder….
Matt Mondanile, who also happens to be a member of Real Estate, has had his solo project Ducktails for quite a while now. Ducktails has been ultra-prolific releasing many tapes, cd-r’s, and several 7″ singles…but as of this week Ducktails gets it’s first proper LP release on Not Not Fun (actually it appears that it was released yesterday)!
Ducktails psychedelic mostly (if not all) instrumental tropical jams are the perfect medicine for a rainy day (I listened to some this morning)…think a more atmospheric sensory overloaded version of High Places minus the vocals….While Ducktails might be over shadowed currently by Real Estate, Mondanile really brings Ducktails into it’s own, and I’m very excited to hear this new LP.
Not Not Fun describes it tantalizingly as:
Plastic palm trees. Beach scene snowglobes. Airbrushed neon sunset hotel paintings. All shining examples of potent Fake Escapism at work, in real life. And if you’ve ever wondered what the audio equivalent of this kind of cheap coastal utopian simulacrum is, take a good listen to the recorded works of Mr. Matt Mondanile aka Ducktails, a crazy talented suburban New Jersey post-teen who serves up masterpiece after blasterpiece of shimmering, smoke-and-mirrors exotic fantasia, rainbow psych-pop muzak for imaginary helicopter rides over crystal lagoons and lost waterfalls… (this for description goes on… for more click here and scroll down).
As far as the small print about the release (also from Not Not Fun):
Black vinyl LPs mastered by Graham Lambkin (of The Shadow Ring) housed in matte jackets with cover artwork by Jan Anderzen (of Kemialliset Ystavat/Tomuttontu), plus a photocopied insert. Edition of 600.
With only 600 copies of this thing out there I’m ordering mine today. Maybe you should too. If your not into vinyl (I’m guess there are people who aren’t), you can buy the CD…limited to 500 copies (more limited than the LP!)…with a bonus song not on the LP.
Buy Ducktails’ s/t LP or CD from Not Not Fun Records here.
Listen to Ducktails:
[mp3] Ducktails- “Beach Point Pleasant” (via the Fader)
GP News: For those of you that have been flowing the Great Pumpkin, and specifically the segment: This Week In Mail Order we are going to have a treat for you next week. You might remember a while ago when I posted about Jail’s self released album…when I was making this post I emailed the band and asked for some mp3′s. They didn’t get back to me until after I posted, but offered to send me an LP to give away off of the Great Pumpkin! So sometime next week the Great Pumpkin will have it’s first Give Away! Stay tuned…you just might win a copy of Jail’s There’s No Sky (Oh My My)!
