Real Estate Part Ways With Matt Mondanile

Matt Mondanile is no longer a member of Real Estate. In a statement, the band said he is “focusing on his own Ducktails project.” Real Estate will continue their current tour with new member and guitarist Julian Lynch. They also say that they will begin recording the follow-up to their 2014 album Atlas after the tour. It’s currently scheduled for an early 2017 release. See their full statement and upcoming schedule below. Update 12:38 p.m.: Ducktails also has dates coming up. Find his schedule below.

A founding Real Estate member and guitarist, Mondanile was part of all of the band’s releases, most recently playing on Atlas. He has put out many Ducktails releases, the latest being St. Catherine in 2015.

Read our feature on Real Estate, “Suburban Dreams.”

Real Estate’s statement:

Having previously announced a short run of shows in California and a show at Red Rocks Amphitheater with The National, Real Estate expand on this by adding two further California dates. This limited run of dates is a prelude to the recording of their next album, tentatively slated for early 2017.

These upcoming shows will be the first with new member and fellow scion of Ridgewood, NJ, guitarist Julian Lynch. Lynch takes the place vacated by the departing Matt Mondanile, who is focusing on his own Ducktails project, a musical endeavor that predates his involvement in Real Estate.

The band will commence recording their follow-up to Atlas this summer.

Real Estate:

05-25 Tel Aviv, Israel – Barby Club
05-28 Lisbon, Portugal – Rock In Rio Lisboa
06-25 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory ^
06-26 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom ^
06-27 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel *
06-28 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel #
06-29 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
06-30 Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery
07-31 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre $

$ with The National
^ with Chris Cohen
* with Terry Malts
# with Emotional

Ducktails:

06-23 Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park Bandshell *
07-08 Seattle, WA – Barboza
07-09 Vancouver, British Columbia – Cobalt
07-10 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
07-12 Oakland, CA – Starline Social
07-13 Felton, CA – Don Quixote’s
07-14 San Francisco, CA – Nightlife @ CAS
07-15 Los Angeles, CA – Highland Park Ebell
07-16 San Diego, CA – The Hideout
07-17 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room

* with Alvvays and Big Thief

Watch Ducktails perform at their Flower Lane release show via Pitchfork.tv:

Watch Real Estate’s full set from Pitchfork Music Festival 2014:

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story mistakenly named Real Estate’s tour, based on incorrect information provided by the band’s PR. 

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