Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / Before Today
Album: Before Today   Collection:General
Artist:Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti   Added:Jul 2010
Label:4AD  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-10-24 Pull Date: 2010-12-26
Week Ending: Dec 26 Dec 19 Dec 12 Dec 5 Nov 28 Nov 21 Nov 14 Nov 7
Airplays: 3 6 6 3 3 3 4 6

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 20, 2022: LOOPS & COILS (rebroadcast from Jan 16, 2022)
Hot Body Rub
4. Jul 09, 2017: The Daily Bump
Reminiscences
2. Jan 16, 2022: LOOPS & COILS
Bright Lit Blue Skies, Hot Body Rub
5. Mar 15, 2017: radio seven/deep storage N°50
Revolution's A Lie
3. Oct 21, 2021: Training Lunch
Round And Round
6. Mar 12, 2017: Music Casserole
Menopause Man

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2010-10-18
Trippy pop/rock that at first glance sounds retro 60’s-70’s but on even slightest inspection reveals certain strangeness. Is this sample art? Layering of every 60’s pop psychedelic cliché via protools, assembling the ultimate take on Paul Revere and the Raiders appearing on The Banana Splits, or the Jackson Five on American Bandstand? Male vocals, psychey instrumentation but also some new wavey-ness. Strange stuff that’s been faves of WMFU and other weirdoes for years. Play 2, 11, 1, 7

1) smarmy funky 60’s tv sound track music with insolent singing
2) 60’s upbeat pop, Austin Powers dancing about
3) a little more chill, singing about love, with some minor chords tossed about
4) a new wavey feel with simple synth drums, upbeat pop
5) smarmy cheesy as hell, dangerous on acid
6) funky soul pop
7) dark “rockin” with electric guit, and strangeness
8) upbeat psyche pop returns
9) really cheesy pop straight off AM Radio circa 1976 that’s gotta be tongue in cheek
10) instrumental, smarmy synths, hot tub sushi coke party fern bar music
11) slower darker, introspective with big epic chorus and mathy riffs, great lyrics “menopause man” “castrate me, make me gay”
12) upbeat driving bass driven with subliminal sounds

Track Listing
1. Hot Body Rub   7. Butt House Blondies
2. Bright Lit Blue Skies   8. Little Wig
3. L'estat   9. Can't Hear My Eyes
4. Fright Night   10. Reminiscences
5. Round And Round   11. Menopause Man
6. Beverly Kills   12. Revolution's A Lie