I go back to Before Today on a regular basis but never to Mature or Pom
― calstars, Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
same
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
he only ever has a few good songs per album imo
Ban
― brimstead, Thursday, 8 June 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
New album September 15
http://media.pitchfork.com/photos/594a8cc805d15f7602c74992/master/pass/arielpinknewalbumcvover500x500.jpg
1. Time to Meet Your God2. Feels Like Heaven3. Death Patrol4. Santa’s in The Closet5. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson6. Time to Live7. Another Weekend8. I Wanna Be Young9. Bubblegum Dreams10. Dreamdate Narcissist11. Kitchen Witch12. Do Yourself a Favor13. Acting (feat. Dam-Funk)
The album’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life L.A. musician, long presumed dead, who resurfaced online in 2007 after 35 reclusive years to pen his autobiography and tragic life story in a series of blogs and YouTube tirades. “His book and life resonated with me to such a degree,” Pink states, “that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him.”Dedicated to Bobby Jameson begins at the end and ends at the beginning. “We follow the protagonist through a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him reborn into life out of death,” Pink explains, referencing the opening track “Time To Meet Your God.” “From there, he seesaws his way between the innocent love and the rock- solid edifice of childhood-worn trauma that together constitute his lifelong initiation into the realm of artifice and theatrical disposability.
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson begins at the end and ends at the beginning. “We follow the protagonist through a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him reborn into life out of death,” Pink explains, referencing the opening track “Time To Meet Your God.” “From there, he seesaws his way between the innocent love and the rock- solid edifice of childhood-worn trauma that together constitute his lifelong initiation into the realm of artifice and theatrical disposability.
Video for "Another Weekend"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwe76N7J0EI
― woman in the dunes, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
Fantastic news! Great cover, too.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
sick
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
it would be sweet if "Do Yourself a Favor" was a cover of the Prince song
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
love these song titles. Santa's in the Closet. Kitchen Witch. Death Patrol. feel very much along lines of Fright Night maybe more of that goth rock flavor. i can't wait to listen to this!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
weird that "Acting" is included here when it was on a D-F album 2 years ago
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
I assume it's a different version or mix. Azealia Banks put out a cover of "Nude Beach A-Go-Go" before pom pom came out.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
a friend of mine that's a big ap superfan says there are some old songs on here, too - "I Wanna Be Young."
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
I think "Death Patrol" was the one in the fashion commercial.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
Another song off the new album. Love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sooWCSfO9t0
― woman in the dunes, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
Fuck that's good
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
wow, that's great, I hope he's kept up the quality of these tracks for the whole album
production is fantastic on this, it's a much more stylised and listenable version of his early lo-fi sound, probably the best sound he's ever had
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
Whoa. Another home run imo. Total Video Killed The Radio Star vibes. This is shaping up really, really nicely.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
I'm wondering if I heard a different track than you guys
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
def seems like a throwaway
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
this is a load of shit
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
the og video is taken offline? idgi
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
This leaked.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
It's good. The annoying tracks are really annoying, though. There's one about santa claus that does nothing for me. I kind of expected that from the title.
Funnily enough I listened to Pom Pom and Mature Themes last night and had the same thought...in equal parts brilliant and annoying
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
What is the ratio of brilliant to annoying on the new one?
― Moodles, Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Wow, 2 months early. I'd rather wait...
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
The brilliant/annoying balance on this seems closer to, say, Before Today than the last two. But you may wanna skip the first song
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
Ariel Stinks
― calstars, Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
First song, while pretty annoying, has nothing on the Santa song. First song is more along the lines of your typical throwaway Ariel song.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 13 July 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
shit, I've been getting Before Today vibes from the singles. That blows. Last 2 are my favorites by him
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 July 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't worry too much. It's full of good songs. He wouldn't be Ariel without the jokey throwaway songs.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
Not a single "jokey throwaway" song on The Doldrums, his best album by a mile.
Not sure if I'm better off postponing or listening to it now. First reactions here are not encouraging.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 13 July 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
Album is great and not as goofy as his last two. Definitely contains at least three or four career highlights and is pretty consistently good in a way that reminds me, again, of Before Today
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 13 July 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
The Doldrums is my favorite Ariel Pink album, but he's released a variety of albums since that are most certainly full of those types of songs, particularly the last two.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 14 July 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
And I absolutely love Pom Pom, so I'm ok with that.
Yeah the first track sounds like a Maus thing
― calstars, Friday, 14 July 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
i don't get the appeal. I hear weak melodies and recycling of old ideas. Reminds me of Mature Themes, which imo is his weakest big label album.
― nostormo, Friday, 14 July 2017 05:50 (six years ago) link
"Kitchen Witch" is very good
But the title track seems to be the "round and round" of the album. I dig the Doors homage near the end
I wonder if Tim Koh plays on this
― calstars, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
I imagine he's on most of it, Koh has been with him for 15+ years, maybe 20...
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
skypin' with momus
https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19959229_10158940216610117_964633508581819906_n.jpg?oh=3983ad704f7523cb56706173e0e3fd54&oe=5A035B2E
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
Ha, I'd watch that
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
https://radio.foxnews.com/2017/07/12/ariel-pink-on-the-science-of-music/
Greg Gutfield lol
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
lol I forgot that he went on Red Eye in 2013
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
Who's singing on kitchen witch?
― calstars, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
i think dayzed inn daydreams is one of the best songs of 2014
― Treeship, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
I think this album is pretty disappointing.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
Time to Meet Your God rules. i like the album ok but i think it's mixed poorly. for instance Bubblegum Dreams feels like it should be all spikey and crystalline and it sounds a bit flat and over-compressed instead. Pom Pom had way more texture to it.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 21 July 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
I think "acting" is really good too
― calstars, Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, July 21, 2017 7:13 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fuck... the mixing was my biggest problem with Before Today besides the grab bag sequencing... i loved Mature Themes and Pom Pom because they sounded so precise and clear.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 22 July 2017 04:00 (six years ago) link
Jesus fuck I listened to five minutes of that Greg Gutfield thing I think half of my brain died how dumb can 2 motherfuckers be?
I dug Before Today but I guess maybe this dude isn't for me
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 22 July 2017 06:34 (six years ago) link
Flappy, you don't think "bright lit" "Beverley" and "lestat" from Before sound clear? (Dare I say crisp)?
Also the muddiness of "hot tub" and even "menopause" kind of work in their favor
"Phanthasma" is a good b-side
― calstars, Saturday, 22 July 2017 09:32 (six years ago) link