Ariel Pink

ugh sorry so huge

oh man. wkiw ^ xp

tbh i hear AP is crazed w c0c@1n3 but more broadly i dont care

cocaine? pfft, nowadays i don't listen to anyone on anything less potent than dmt

just echoing the love for round and round

never really dug this dude before but this joint is ill

wkiw = ?

that song sounds like Washed Out
(and i like it)

would kick it with

ah thanx

never really dug this dude before but this joint is ill

agreed

never really dug this dude before but this joint is ill

― max, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 7:26 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

have you heard Can't Hear My Eyes? u gotta

leaked, btw.

yeah, and the album is aswesome.
the production of it is the best thing i've heard in awhile, which i guess is even a bigger achievement for him as a lo-fi artist (till now).
as for the tunes: a little more accessible, but the weird-psych is still going on with full power for most of it, and thank god for that.

every song sounds a somewhat different, though they all share the same vibe as a whole:
animal collective, mercury rev (little wig), stereolab (bright lit), air, fleetwood mac/chicago (can't hear my eyes). actually 70's softrock all over the place.
gotta love it.

Hoping we get at least one Aeroplane remix of a track from this album.

well this album pretty much owns

excited!!

what is a butt-house blondie?

the last track on this is pretty ace.. it's like a weirdo kraut wire tune

There's a zip on 4chan but i that sounds like a bad idea....

This might be the best thing he has done. Either that, or I'm getting carried away. Time will tell.

This one is going definitely going to net him a new audience. The production is excellent, shimmering and hazy, and shows he can work just as well within a more "produced" setting. Late 70's Fleetwood Mac aesthetic is definitely in place, plenty of weirdo lounge-pop; this has "LA Record" written all over it.

what are the lyrics of the chorus of "round and round"?

today i've been singing "i'm goin baaaaaack/ goin baaaaaack/ to the maaaaaaaaall"

now is the time alloted for ariel pink, huh. is this just 4ad publicity? or ppl hate lofi more than i thought. not sure what else helps an act like this move up a division as it looks like is going on.

ariel pink is da best at basslines

s this just 4ad publicity?

partly, sure

or ppl hate lofi more than i thought.

hifi music is generally more accessible

not sure what else helps an act like this move up a division as it looks like is going on.

writing a single as good as "round and round"

xp OTM "alisa" por ejemplo

people like to think they're watching artists grow up and mature and grow, and this all fits into his whole narrative about shedding the bullshit and giving you the real, raw deal ariel pink.

chorus of the year so far imo

the raw pink

can't wait to see this dude live

@ the hollywood bowl

ogmor: i'm listening to this album pretty loud in my living room atm and my stepfather just asked what artist this is, and said he was groovin to it and would check him out. he's not a total grump but i'm pretty sure if it were any other ariel pink album he would have just told me to turn it down or off entirely.

this album will fill the niche this year that the girls album did last year

this album will fill the niche this year that the girls album did last year

Except I won't find it lacking.

unsure how much ilm head-types differ from the dads of the world in lofi tolerance. I spose 4ad is the biggest factor; pretty sure plenty of ppl digging this wld have no clue if he'd recorded anything this good before, quality is necessary, not sufficient.

I've been in and out of familiarity with Ariel Pink since the first stuff started coming out (way-too-hip weirdo music friends), and there's definitely been a shift to a more accessible songwriting style in that time. The lofi to hifi shift doesn't hurt things, but I don't think it really explains the sudden greater interest in the way the better/different songwriting style does. I mean, people went nuts over Times New Viking for a hot minute and they record things over a phone on an answering machine.

the songwriting seems more key, its more poised & elegant and less crazed rs moore, amateur fan in the bathroom. maybe I wish the relationship between those two sounds was more up for grabs for more ppl, but I am a guy that just wants to see more love from ppl all the time anyway

almost every song sounds like a direct pastiche for another band/song.

but it's a professional theft.

Album sounds good on one listen but nothing sounds as great as "Round and Round"

Round and Round is the sort of a song i usually likes at first, but after awhile neglect it in favour of the more sophisticated,less immediate stuff, that lingers longer

I'm having trouble figuring out why all of Ariel's previous albums were largely ignored and yet the leak of this one is an internet-wide musical/cultural event.

cause of THE PRODUCTION

and the single i guess

i'm having trouble figuring out why you've apparently chosen not to read any of this thread

in terms of songwriting - it's still kinda "difficult"
xpost

also apparently he is influential now iirc

ive listened to this on repeat all day and agree with zeno. even though "round and round" is more immediate, the other songs virtues are starting to really shine through. its def a grower and conducive to close listening. from what i can tell this album is going to please many different types of people. also the varied comment upthread is otm, but its still cohesive soundwise.

also lol at "beverly kills" sounding like a boogie/freestyle track and a stereolab b-side

it's like a trivia game: guess the origin of the song.
for example:

Little Wig = mercury rev's Syringe Mouth

I listened to this while working, so I wasn't entirely focused on it, but what hit me a few times while listening to this was a sort of deja vu feeling of listening to side 2 of the Cure's

Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea

lol @ formatting, those were supposed to be italics