from the cassette II, Future Sound Recordings, 2008Lately I’ve noticed a burgeoning fad of lesser-known bands/musicians recording their albums on cassettes again---yes, those relics of the ‘80s you spent countless hours with, slaving over a boombox, trying to make that perfect mixtape for your best friends. For all intensive purposes, Ducktails is the work of one Matthew Mondanile, and his tunes run the gamut from lo-fi indie pop to more ambient and atmospheric stuff like we have here. I always like when music guides me into a trance, and Ducktails often succeed in doing that for me; the high-pitched keyboard sounds almost remind me of the whistle/ocarina from Super Mario Brothers, and indeed, the whole vibe is kind of child-like and innocent in this song, bubbly, dreamlike.
