New Alex Bleeker & The Freaks - "Summer Song > Epilogue"
If you take a look at the accompanying photo, you might recognize Alex Bleeker as BTW Real Estate's bassist. What you can't see is the Freaks' frontman is surrounded by a couple other folks from his more well-known band: Matt Mondanile, aka Ducktails, handles drums and Martin Courtney does backing vocals and bass. The one non-Real Estater is Julian Lynch, who you might remember from his recent split 7" with Ducktails. For all the associations, it's a different, rootsier monster. Take a listen to the twangy, hazy day 7-minute "Summer Song > Epilogue," which was recorded 6/22 at Silent Barn during the band's first show. Bleeker earns his tie-dye, for sure.
Alex Bleeker And The Freaks - "Summer Song > Epilogue" (Live At Silent Barn) (MP3)
Here's another:
Alex Bleeker And The Freaks - "Prisoner" (MP3)
AB & the Freaks recently finished recording an album, which you'll see sometime this year via Underwater Peoples. Keep watch, too, for Julian's debut LP out 8/3 via Olde English Spelling Bee and Real Estate's full-length sometime after that via Woodsist.
You can also visit Alex Bleeker at MySpace.
Posted at 5:25 PM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Alex Bleeker And The Freaks | Ducktails | Real Estate
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clearly your grandfathers studied talmud.
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The fucking man.
Awesome song.
Congrats, Bleeker!
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Oh hey!
I met you... (Bleeker) last summer or the summer before that... on Martha's Vineyard, outside Mac Young's house... playing an acoustic set outside. We were destroyed by mosquitos, I recall. I only had 2 dollars on me but you guys gave me a record for that and a promise that I'd play it on WVVY, which I did. Cool to see you on stereogum! Thanks for the music.
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