Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes

New Track: http://pitchfork.com...unce-new-album/

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Pink told SPIN:

 

Sonically, it's comparable... There are definitely not any links to my lo-fi origins. It's so diverse but so different from anything I've done before. In a sense, it's really the record I wanted to make back when I made Before Today, but couldn't due to pressures and different factors. We had time to let our hair down and try new things... I'm not making too many stylistic changes... I'm not making dubstep. I'm doing everything the way I always do it: retro-licious, for lack of a better word.

so confused by that statement. it's different but the same? not lo-fi but "retro-licious"?

From what I gather, he is basically saying, "itll be cool I think, wait and hear for yourself"

still need to check more from them so great music

he wrote today that he broke up the band. probably a prank, though.

love this guy since 2005 or so. saw him twice live and he's great. i think as a band they're better live than they'll ever be on a record as it seems like he wrote all the great songs 10 years ago and now it's just being weird. and old songs sound really powerfull live.

  On 6/9/2012 at 2:53 AM, kinski said:

he wrote today that he broke up the band. probably a prank, though.

 

love this guy since 2005 or so. saw him twice live and he's great. i think as a band they're better live than they'll ever be on a record as it seems like he wrote all the great songs 10 years ago and now it's just being weird. and old songs sound really powerfull live.

link to this band breakup?

can't wait.

http://www.facebook.com/ariel.pink.5/posts/480253851990662

he made it facebook official

aw, that's for real? fuck, i always liked the stuff i saw them perform on youtube etc., wanted to catch them live someday. too bad.

shame, though doldrums > before today, and i imagine the band was more for live performance, revenue, more exposure. as long as there is more output someway

one of the new songs is called 'kinski assasin'. now how cool is dat

  On 6/9/2012 at 2:53 AM, kinski said:

he wrote today that he broke up the band. probably a prank, though.

 

love this guy since 2005 or so. saw him twice live and he's great. i think as a band they're better live than they'll ever be on a record as it seems like he wrote all the great songs 10 years ago and now it's just being weird. and old songs sound really powerfull live.

I've heard many times that he's so great live. I like his music a lot, but when I saw him live I actually walked out because I couldn't stand it. This was awhile ago. Usually I'll stick it out and try to enjoy. anyway, I'm still a fan and looking forward to this.

i saw him live years ago and it was basically him doing karaoke. terrible. but i love ariel pink, ff>> and oddities sodomies are great albums.

  On 6/9/2012 at 2:53 AM, kinski said:

he wrote today that he broke up the band. probably a prank, though.

 

love this guy since 2005 or so. saw him twice live and he's great. i think as a band they're better live than they'll ever be on a record as it seems like he wrote all the great songs 10 years ago and now it's just being weird. and old songs sound really powerfull live.

fuck yeah. hearing some of their older songs played live gave me chills

Where should I start out with this guy? I've only heard the 'Before Today' album.

worn copy

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or ff

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honestly, all of his albums have as much shit on them as gems. but those two are probably the strongest. most people will say the doldrums or before today because p4k told them to.

wtf pitchfork gave doldrums a 5.5...

for the records I found the doldrum before I heard about ariel on pitchfork. not that it really matters either nor does pitchforks approval of something warrant it being considered worse by some

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doldrums is amazing, zaphod you are off your rocker if you think doldrums isn't worth ones attention

  On 6/11/2012 at 6:04 AM, takeshi said:

Where should I start out with this guy? I've only heard the 'Before Today' album.

doldrums if you want epic kate bushness, house arest if you want a stream of smooth pop hits (alisa <3). rest is very hit or miss.

whoever brought up p4k gets a pucnh in the nose. seriously? ariel established himself well before they gave him proper credit for his work. stop caring what they think now.

agreed

ariel was probably very stoned when he wrote that, because it's not true after all.

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/46810-ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-not-breaking-up/

also lol, but pitchfork is inescapable.

http://pitchfork.com/news/46931-ariel-pink-shares-album-art-tracklist/

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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti have shared the cover art and tracklist for their forthcoming record, Mature Themes. The album's out on August 21 in the U.S. and August 20 in the UK through 4AD. The single "Baby", a cover of the Donnie and Joe Emerson track, featuring vocals from Dam-Funk, is out July 10 as a limited one-sided 12". But in the meantime, you can grab it below, after the tracklist. Mature Themes:

01 Kinski Assasin

02 Is This the Best Spot?

03 Mature Themes

04 Only in My Dreams

05 Driftwood

06 Early Birds of Babylon

07 Schnitzel Boogie

08 Symphony of the Nymph

09 Pink Slime

10 Farewell American Primitive

11 Live It Up

12 Nostradomus & Me

13 Baby

You can hear a stream of it here. It sounds good. Also, this picture seems ripe for a photoshopping.

weird track. i like it. but weird. i know he isn't singing on it, but even the music doesn't sound like him.

damn very soulful... liking it

http://pitchfork.com/news/47107-listen-new-ariel-pink-only-in-my-dreams/

Listen to new track, "only in my dreams"