Ariel Pink

*ill

xxp yeah it is

fuck this song is so good, better than the one on pom pom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XpWJ9DZ5Ao

who would've thought the guy who opened a 2003 album by yelling "The human race is a pile of dogshit!" quickly followed by "Mankind is a nazi" would say something stupid

Post of the year

this bit from the Stereogum stuck with me... besides the fidelity, there really is a difference in the songs he recorded pre- and post-2004:

I just wanted a little bit of love and attention. I didn’t even realize it for 26 years, you know? Then when it came, it was like, aw shit, that’s it? I don’t have the same urge or drive to create like I used to. That was all just a desperate plea for attention. Maybe that’s what informed it and made it so vital at the time, but that’s gone now. I had to rearrange my mind on how to write songs. I definitely don’t do it the same way or for the same reasons that I used to.

ah yes, norms who do drugs to induce chemical depression/psychosis. For those norms who feel left out of the mentally ill equation.

his dad is a millionaire colonoscopist who got convicted for fraud once

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/05/local/la-me-fake-surgeries-20110805

why is he not in jail?

Was his dad also known as Dr. Mario?

lol

lol calstars

I guess this has managed to avoid the radar for like 5 years but umm wtf

https://postpoprecords.bandcamp.com/album/ku-klux-glam

Chairman Meow Best Cat Name it is not. ...

reading the track list is more entertaining than listening to the songs

ripe for a poll IMO

KKG is bloated but "R. Stevie's Brain" is a classic

On first listen this (the new album) is pretty good

"Make me a man" etc

Jameson IS good, I think. The relative concision and tidiness after pom pom threw me at first.

Didn't know that I Wanna Be Young and Dedicated To Bobby are reworks of his old tunes.. :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rAxrSE65M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFTrxYIC3vw

Interesting! Were these on any of his "official" releases ?

no, not on any of the Paw Tracks albums or Scared Famous or Loverboy. my friend is a massive AP head and has all this stuff on its own external hard drive. i think those are both from Yas Dudette (which has multiple versions with different sequencing and mixes).

I Wanna Be Young was on the official Oddities Sodomies compilation. Time Dandelion is rare and is on the Oddities Sodomies tour cdr.

(hadn't made the connection of reworkings yet because I've yet to hear the new album)

oh yeah Oddities Sodomies, iirc that's where the original (superior) version of "Beverly Kills" comes from

No, Beverly Kills is from Scared Famous/FF>>

Time Dandillion (dandelion?) is pretty cool but I prefer the fidelity and better chorus of the remake. Tinsel-town tran hey!

xp ohh whoa, shit nvm, i was confusing Oddities Sodomies with Grandes Exitos: Greatest Hits. i assume it's the same recording/mix, although who fuckin knows...

xpost is that definitely the lyric?

Really enjoying the b-side to the "Another Weekend" single, "Ode to the Goat (Thank You)" - that one isn't on the album right? love this line in the chorus: "hashtag yipikayay-ay!"

Sounds tasty. Got a link?

It didn't come with a download code :( I'll email Mexican Summer and try to get one, song is dope

p4k likes it

my LP is in the mail, excited to hear it

Glad that we're finally listening to the proper record/higher quality files than that terrible leak

halfway thru my 2nd full listen... really different from Mature Themes and pom pom, which were very immediate... this record feels like it's covered in gauze, in that way it's more similar to his lo-fi records than his previous three. The production is really interesting, spread out & immersive - also the songs are so much less 'wacky' for lack of a better word. The melodies are more traditional. A world away from "White Freckles" and "Pink Slime." More than anything, this record is just further proof of his incredible songwriting abilities. This is his Brill Building record. Nothing stands out except "Time to Live." It feels so coherent as a whole, but song for song not sure I dig this one as much as MT or PP. More guitar, less synths. But "Time to Live" is pretty amazing.

My LP came with a bonus disc with four b-sides, all pretty good:
"Nighttime is Great!"
"Lil' Birdie Told Me"
"Non-Sequitur Segues"
"May the Music Never Die Again"

This gets so much better on repeated listens. "Death Patrol" and "Dedicated to Bobby Jameson" are so beautiful. "Death Patrol" starts off like a pom pom song, juicy clavinet chords panning back and forth... and then it goes into that chorus... so sad & melancholy... the melancholy on this record is so specific and nuanced, the whole thing feels like a peek into another world, just like those upthread talked about The Doldrums: "the genius is you're imagining with him." it just the lyrics, or the consciously straightforward & impersonal songwriting, there's just this veil of sadness over the whole album... and all of that makes for something much easier to project onto and imagine, get lost in... there was no mystery in the 4AD records. and how these songs just blossom listen to listen, new details reveal themselves... as much as he's trying to downplay it, I really think this is a major work, and time is very important... my view has already changed so much since last night...

mp3s of the above 4
https://ufile.io/xlmty

https://i.imgur.com/Vyp7jLe.jpg

Oh sick, thank you!!

Been hunting for rips of the Japanese CD for ages, anyone know? Has these songs on there.

return to form production wise for sure. bubblegum dreams has gotta be the worst thing he's ever done!

Still trying to get into this one, definitely prefer Pom Pom so far.

i definitely prefer it over pom pom just because it isn't anywhere as annoying as most of that. 'time to live' is the clear highlight but i really like the b-side 'ode to the goat' too

i like that the production is a more listenable version of his early lo-fi sound, but it also makes tracks blend together a little more than they should? still need to spend more time with it

haven't listened to the bonus EP yet

Ode to the Goat might be my favorite out of all of these

New album's my favorite thing he's done since the original classics.

In fact, it's the only album I've liked since House Arrest

I think it's his worst album. Can't get into it.

Is “Time to Live” an accidental ripoff of “video killed the radio star”?

vocal melody seems like an intentional tribute. as discussed, he does his lyrics and vocals last and hates doing it. it's really apparent on the last 2 records.

it's totally intentional, and of a piece with other musical quotes on the record: "Light My Fire" guitar lead at the end of the title track, "Bubblegum Dreams" = "Son of a Gun" by the Vaselines, "Feels Like Heaven" = obvious Cure homage/pastiche. I think he's tweaking a signature aspect of his lo-fi records: instead of the references & influences being just out of reach & hard to place, he's made them impossible to ignore. Also in line with his declaration that this record has "no theme" or narrative. He's elided his persona so much that instantly famous pop melodies slip in unadulterated.

Something else I've been wondering about: what is the other verse melody in "Time to Live" referencing? This part:

"Winter solstice (rise as the snow's coming)
Before life is over (rise up and look for it)"

almost certainly not Bullfrog Green by The Boo Radleys but that's what it reminded me of