Ariel Pink

weird that "Acting" is included here when it was on a D-F album 2 years ago

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.

a friend of mine that's a big ap superfan says there are some old songs on here, too - "I Wanna Be Young."

I think "Death Patrol" was the one in the fashion commercial.

Another song off the new album. Love this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sooWCSfO9t0

Fuck that's good

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

Whoa. Another home run imo. Total Video Killed The Radio Star vibes. This is shaping up really, really nicely.

I'm wondering if I heard a different track than you guys

def seems like a throwaway

this is a load of shit

the og video is taken offline? idgi

This leaked.

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

What is the ratio of brilliant to annoying on the new one?

Wow, 2 months early. I'd rather wait...

The brilliant/annoying balance on this seems closer to, say, Before Today than the last two. But you may wanna skip the first song

Ariel Stinks

First song, while pretty annoying, has nothing on the Santa song. First song is more along the lines of your typical throwaway Ariel song.

shit, I've been getting Before Today vibes from the singles. That blows. Last 2 are my favorites by him

I wouldn't worry too much. It's full of good songs. He wouldn't be Ariel without the jokey throwaway songs.

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.

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

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.

And I absolutely love Pom Pom, so I'm ok with that.

Yeah the first track sounds like a Maus thing

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.

"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

I imagine he's on most of it, Koh has been with him for 15+ years, maybe 20...

skypin' with momus

https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19959229_10158940216610117_964633508581819906_n.jpg?oh=3983ad704f7523cb56706173e0e3fd54&oe=5A035B2E

Ha, I'd watch that

https://radio.foxnews.com/2017/07/12/ariel-pink-on-the-science-of-music/

Greg Gutfield lol

lol I forgot that he went on Red Eye in 2013

Who's singing on kitchen witch?

i think dayzed inn daydreams is one of the best songs of 2014

I think this album is pretty disappointing.

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.

I think "acting" is really good too

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, 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.

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

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

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

Dude the early stuff really is way better

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

The whole album has a lot more reverb than Mature Themes or Pom Pom. They're "well produced," but I don't think it serves the songs. It's very desaturated sounding to me. Mature Themes and Pom Pom are full band but there's a directness and a dryness to them that resembles his early work. I agree that Hot Body Rub and Menopause Man are served well by the production - those are two of my favorites from Before Today (Beverly Kills is my favorite song but I far prefer the early version).

The messiness of his early work and his recording process - the little vocal interjections, lots of call and response panning, two seconds of some instrument that never reappears - are all over Mature Themes and Pom Pom. I find the production on Before Today very boring, common, flat, Phil Spector-y in the worst way at times.

After several spins:
I Wanna Be Young and Kitchen Witch are great. Feels Like Heaven is ok. Don't care about the rest.

Long interview on stereogum today

The phrase "Kitchen Witch" is used ia few times in the Office s9e17. Wonder if he took that or if it's just general cultural osmosis

I haven't heard the leak - but a friend told me that there's another instance on the album of AP totally aping a vocal melody from a famous song. Wish I could remember what song.

Time To Live = Video Killed The Radio Star's verse