However, “Melodi” sees the band evolve with even more diversity, effortlessly strolling between moods and influences. Those familiar with the band's cult classic 2019 debut,”Mantra Moderne” will instantly recognize their unique sound that blurs the boundaries of world music, jazz and psychedelia.

Second album from Kit Sebastian, the captivating duo of Kit Martin and Merve Erdem. STAFF COMMENTS Laura says: Absolutely loving this! For fans of McCarthy, Flying Nun Records, RBCF, Horsebeach, Goon Sax. “A quality I don’t always see in myself and really appreciate in others is the courage to go on.” And yet, the record manages resiliency-enough for pop fans to fall in love with. “There’s a tendency in my writing, because of my world view, to be very bleak.” Tom explains.

It’s danceable, depressive fun, with some relief: in “Always There” and “Sullen Leering Hope,” Modern Fiction’s faithful heart. Ornamentation through collaboration followed: there’s Aaron Goldstein on Pedal Steel in the Go-Betweens’ “Cattle and Cane”-channeling interlude “Patience Wearing Thin,” Eliza Niemi on cello (“18 Cigarettes,” a song loosely inspired by a 1997 Oasis performance of “Don’t Go Away”), and backing harmonies from Carpark labelmates The Beths (on an ode to friendship at a distance, “How Lonely Are You?,” “Always There,” and on the sped-up Syd Barrett stylings of “Under The Rolling Moon.”) While in his native Australia due to covid-19, Evan worked closely with producer James Cecil (The Goon Sax, Architecture in Helsinki) on Modern Fiction’s finishing touches-at one point, in the mountains of the Macedon Ranges in Victoria, recorded a string quartet (featured on “Fit to Burst,” “Always There,” “Sullen Leering Hope,” “Twere Ever Thus,” “Grand Final Day.”) Fearful that limited and expensive studio time would kneecap the project creatively, eroding their charming naivete, the pair re-recorded the album in a storage space owned by Evan’s boss. “It’s computer music trying extremely hard not to sound like computer music,” Tom jokes. Tom drafted the nucleus of a song on an unplugged electric guitar and brought it over to Evan’s apartment, where the pair sat in his bedroom, placing percussive beats from a drum machine under nascent melodies, passing a bass back and forth, adding organs and bridges where necessary. explore contemporary society in decline, examining large scale human disaster through personal turmoil (hence the title, taken from a university course called Gnosticism and Nihilism in Modern Fiction, influenced by Graham Greene novels. Instead, across 10 cheery-sounding songs, Ducks Ltd. This is not a nostalgic record, after all, nor is it a derivative one. “Look Blue Go Purple is one I reference a lot with our production.” Echoes of ‘80s indiepop abound, but they never overwhelm. “The Servants, The Clean, The Chills, The Bats, Television Personalities, Felt,” Evan rattles off. The pair craft songs that play to very specific inspirations without drowning underneath them-immediately evidenced on their critically acclaimed EP, Get Bleak, and sharpened on Modern Fiction, their debut LP. (formerly Ducks Unlimited), the bright jangle-pop duo of Tom McGreevy (lead vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Evan Lewis (guitar, bass, drum programming), accomplish the impossible. Click To Tweet Many churches are running into succession challenges.Toronto’s Ducks Ltd. Today an estimated 5 million people attend church at a campus that is not their church’s main campus. Factors that small churches should consider before going multisite.Key markers to hit before going multisite.Live preaching versus video venue for multisite churches.The factors that come into play for successful multisite churches.The blurred lines between multisite churches and church planting.Why some churches walking away from multisite.An assessment of the multisite landscape in America today.Kadi is a wealth of knowledge and shares valuable advice for small churches who are thinking about going multisite. We discuss the viability of going multisite, why some churches are walking away from multisite, and the factors that come into play for successful multisite churches. In this episode, Kadi gives us an overview of where the multisite movement is today. This is the first in a three-part conversation with Kadi about the multisite movement. Prior to that, Kadi was the Executive Director of Multisite Ministries at Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach County, the Dean of Student Development at Palm Beach Atlantic University and the Director of Advancement at Grace Church in Ohio. Kadi is a facilitator and consultant to church leaders around the country and serves as the Director of the Multisite HUB at the Leadership Network. Today we welcome Family Church member, Kadi Cole.

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