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Ducktails - The Flower Lane

Review by J.R. Moores

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ducktails, the increasingly less 'solo' endeavor of matt mondanile, releases 'the flower lane', which is the project's fourth album and his first for domino. recorded and mixed over the summer of 2012 with al carlson (peaking lights, oneohtrix point never) as mondanile's hectic schedule as a concurrent member of real estate began to wind down after a year in support of their domino deubt album,' days'. the ten songs on 'the flower lane' move across a range of expressive pop songs that are bright and expansive, with arrangements that would have been at home on the early records of sophisticated guitar pop icons such as aztec camera and prefab sprout. featuring the backing of the band big troubles, the album also features contributions from daniel lopatin (oneohtrix point never), joel ford (ford and lopatin), madeline follin (cults) and sam mehran (outer limitz), amongst others.
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