This is pure sillyness. So silly. Tropical psych electronic from San Francisco. You might like this if you’re in art school, or wish you were. The great thing about electronic music is that no matter how strange it sounds you will dance to it if it has a good beat, and Lemonade never falls short on that front. Long story short: Sounds like Gang Gang Dance went to Ibiza.

Best tracks: Big Weekend, Sunchips, Bliss Out (remixes by Gold Panda and Rune Lindbaek)

Out on True Panther, which had a good year in 2009, featuring releases by Girls, Ty Segall, The Fly Girlz, Hunx and His Punx, and Glasser. Catch them as they tour the East Coast (US) this spring with These Are Powers.

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this album is also really chill. i don’t quite know what else to say but if the song “landrunner” doesn’t make you feel like the coolest person in the world when you listen to it then maybe you’re already cool. but i doubt it.

this is my favorite Ducktails album. i like the fun dot pattern cover with pan-african colors on them. i originally got into Ducktails because someone described his music as “tropical” and who doesn’t like the tropics. this is the solo project of Matt Mondanile, who plays in Real Estate and Predator Vision and Parasails and fifty other bands I’ve forgotten. i suggest you put this album on to get yourself out of bed in the morning.

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