{"title":"Ariel Pink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriel Marcus Rosenberg, better known as Ariel Pink, is a multi-talented artist born on June 24, 1978. He initially pursued visual art at the California Institute of the Arts but later shifted his focus to music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an extensive discography and unique musical style, Ariel Pink has established himself as a prominent figure in the music industry. His innovative approach to songwriting and production has garnered him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Ariel Pink has continuously pushed boundaries and defied genre conventions. His eclectic sound combines elements of pop, rock, lo-fi, and psychedelia, resulting in a truly distinctive sonic experience that captivates listeners worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mature-themes-1","title":"Mature Themes","description":"\u003cp\u003ewest coast natives ariel pink's haunted graffiti present 'mature themes', the follow-up to 2010's hugely successful album, 'before today'. 'before today' was the band's 4ad debut, offering the first sign that the intriguingly scatalogical music ariel had been making for over a decade was finally ossifying into a coherent form. indeed, the lead song from before today - the inimitable 'round and round' - was awarded pitchfork's track of the year for 2010, and further plaudits were heaped upon the long player as it cropped up in near-all end-of-year polls. for many it seemed that ariel had finally reached the wider audience his early recordings had hinted was possible. and with 'mature themes', haunted graffiti have forged a record that raises the bar once again. installing themselves in a studio space in downtown-la, haunted graffiti began a lengthy process of writing and recording. 'mature themes' is a self-produced affair, with former member cole mgn drafted in to provide some drum programming and additional mixing duties. far removed from ariel's early bedroom recordings, mature themes is a product of a more collaborative process, with the often-overlooked virtuoso musicianship of the band bought to the fore. \"there are definitely not any links to my lo-fi origins\", ariel recently told spin magazine. \"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. we had time to let our hair down and try new things.\" while the creative process was new, familiar ariel pink signatures remain. in fact, 'mature themes' feels like the definitive haunted graffiti record, a patchwork of modern america, its esoteric reference points and moments of lyrical lucidity a twilight excursion through backwater la and late-night tv channel hopping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410062315851,"sku":"353636","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0e510714-ec31-452f-94aa-42d9089f6395_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726635673"},{"product_id":"before-today-1","title":"Before Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eno longer a bedroom venture, ariel pink's haunted graffiti is now a fully realised band and release their best album for new label, 4ad. six months in the making, 'before today' was recorded in part in encino at the house of blues (once tito jackson's home studio) with sunny levine (quincy jones' grandson) and rik pekkonen (bill withers, seals and crofts, bread) as well as at the band's home studios. the result is a beguiling mix of glam rock, west coast funk and merseybeat harmonies with a high-production sheen; a contrast to the corroded bedroom recordings that have fomented a fervent cult following over the past decade. standouts include the classic synth-rock 'i can't hear my eyes', 'revolution's a lie' with its pulsating motorik tints to their cover 'bright lit blue skies' (originally recorded by the rocking ramrods in 1966).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410216554827,"sku":"326623","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7ddb381d-5c99-4f32-a6ac-b81117fcec17_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726640450"},{"product_id":"mature-themes","title":"Mature Themes","description":"\u003cp\u003elp format comes with free cd of the album. west coast natives ariel pink's haunted graffiti present 'mature themes', the follow-up to 2010's hugely successful album, 'before today'. 'before today' was the band's 4ad debut, offering the first sign that the intriguingly scatalogical music ariel had been making for over a decade was finally ossifying into a coherent form. indeed, the lead song from before today - the inimitable 'round and round' - was awarded pitchfork's track of the year for 2010, and further plaudits were heaped upon the long player as it cropped up in near-all end-of-year polls. for many it seemed that ariel had finally reached the wider audience his early recordings had hinted was possible. and with 'mature themes', haunted graffiti have forged a record that raises the bar once again. installing themselves in a studio space in downtown-la, haunted graffiti began a lengthy process of writing and recording. 'mature themes' is a self-produced affair, with former member cole mgn drafted in to provide some drum programming and additional mixing duties. far removed from ariel's early bedroom recordings, mature themes is a product of a more collaborative process, with the often-overlooked virtuoso musicianship of the band bought to the fore. \"there are definitely not any links to my lo-fi origins\", ariel recently told spin magazine. \"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. we had time to let our hair down and try new things.\" while the creative process was new, familiar ariel pink signatures remain. in fact, 'mature themes' feels like the definitive haunted graffiti record, a patchwork of modern america, its esoteric reference points and moments of lyrical lucidity a twilight excursion through backwater la and late-night tv channel hopping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50432850395467,"sku":"353637","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3becca93-901c-4aec-9678-48db604fde55_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726874560"},{"product_id":"dedicated-to-bobby-jameson","title":"Dedicated To Bobby Jameson","description":"\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles’s prodigal songwriting son Ariel Pink shares his eleventh studio album, \u003ci\u003eDedicated to Bobby Jameson\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. Standout tracks from \u003ci\u003eDedicated to Bobby Jameson\u003c\/i\u003e include \u003ci\u003eFeels Like Heaven,\u003c\/i\u003e a lovelorn insta-classic paying tribute to the promise of romance, \u003ci\u003eAnother Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e, which encapsulates the lingering euphoria of a regrettable weekend over the edge, “\u003ci\u003eDedicated to Bobby Jameson\u003c\/i\u003e,” a rah-rah psych romp paying homage to L.A.’s punk history, and \u003ci\u003eTime to Live,\u003c\/i\u003e an ironic anti-suicide anthem that promotes survival as a form of resistance before devolving into a grungy, \u003ci\u003eVideo Killed the Radio Star\u003c\/i\u003e-style breakdown that supposes life and death as being more or less the same fate and embraces the immortal anarchy of a rock song as an alternative to the prison of reality. Alternately contained and sprawling, \u003ci\u003eDedicated to Bobby Jameson\u003c\/i\u003e is a shimmering pop odyssey that represents more astonishing peaks and menacing valleys in the career of a man who, through sheer originality and nerve, has become an American rock and roll institution. The album marks his first full-length release with the Brooklyn-based label Mexican Summer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Deluxe edition. Includes 24\" x 36\" poster (folded to 12\" x 12\") and added single-sided picture disc EP, titled \u003ci\u003eNon-Sequitur Segues\u003c\/i\u003e, containing four bonus tracks available only on vinyl. 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However, as tends to be the way with pioneers, Mr Pink and his Haunted Graffiti pals stay one step ahead of the game on 4AD debut Before Today, switching to a live band sound that brilliantly channels soft rock sounds from a bygone era. From the relatively earnest Lindsey Buckingham-isms of 'Bright Lit Blue Skies' to the neon synth-core of 'Fright Night Nevermore' each song sounds like the work of a different band from the last, with only the odd, time-warped studio haze of the production to unite them. Take a listen to the leap between the FM-friendly falsetto funk of 'Beverly Kills' and the surreal, English accent-wielding heavy metal of 'Butt-House Blondies'. As triumphs of album sequencing go, Before Today is brilliantly perverse. The greatest triumph of all however, has to be 'Round And Round' - without doubt one of this year's finest pop songs. It's strangely engineered, structurally unsound and features one of the least convincing synth sax sounds of all time, and yet it's all somehow so perfect. The joyous looping chorus is one of the best things that's happened to this set of ears in a very long time, although however majestic it may be, there's really no getting around the fact that its essentially Deacon Blue's 'Fergus Sings The Blues'. I mean, it's virtually identical. There's a similar story to the almost as good 'Can't Hear My Eyes', which has a close run in (some might say head-on collision) with Journey's 'Who's Crying Now'. It's almost as if Ariel Pink has substituted his former production technique - of patching together frazzled '80s samples - for real-time, live-band imitation of his sources. It's a great trick to pull off, and the tone of both the songs and the production is judged to perfection, sounding far too alien to be dismissed as mere pastiche or homage. 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From demented kiddie tune collaborations with the legendary Kim Fowley (songs like 'Jell-O' and 'Plastic Raincoats In The Pig Parade' were written with Fowley in his hospital room during his recent battle with cancer), to beatific, windswept pop ('Put Your Number In My Phone', 'Dayzed Inn Daydreams'), scuzz-punk face-melters ('Goth Bomb', 'Negativ Ed'), and carnival dub psychedelia ('Dinosaur Carebears'), pom pom could very well be Ariel Pink's magnum opus. 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