RE: What ever happened to Ducktails?

Anyway diggin' on this now.

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Anyway I was listening to this thinking 'Who does this remind me of?'

I started recalling my original thoughts on who their influences might have been from

back then. New Order/Galaxie 500 came to mind as well as Dif Juz and Durutti Column

which in 2008 was hard to believe that the later two groups were being

referenced by a young group from America.  This guy was probably not even alive when

Vini Rielly and Dif Juz released those records in the early 80s.

It made me think what a breath of fresh air they were back in 08.

When I say fresh air I also mean it as a description of their

lovely music.  Anyway they reminded me of Ducktails.

I realised they'd released a bunch of top records while pretty much

flying under the radar of most people.  This was the sound of hazy sunshine,  

the gentle rippling of waves and wasted summer days being wasted.  

Ducktails along with Dolphins Into The Future

will forever remind me of a holiday I spent in Fiji a few years back. In the barmy

evenings I would listen to them while drinking vodka after spending a hot day

in and by the water. It was like I was still floating in the water

or lazing on a boat in the middle of the pacifc ocean.



Anyway track down these classics and break out the drinks with umbrellas, along

with whatever else you might want to imbibe.

 

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