Showing posts with label III: Arcade Dynamics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label III: Arcade Dynamics. Show all posts

Sunday 12 February 2012

RE: What ever happened to Ducktails?



Anyway diggin' on this now.
III: Arcade Dynamics
Ducktails
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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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