Description: Tracks:Kinski AssassinIs This the Best Spot?Mature ThemesOnly in My DreamsDriftwoodEarly Birds of BabylonSchnitzel BoogieSymphony of the NymphPink SlimeFarewell American PrimitiveLive It UpNostradamus & MeBaby Performer Notes: Audio Mixers: Tim Koh; Kenny Gilmore; Ariel Rosenberg; Cole M. Grief-Neil.Recording information: Trion Studios.Following up on the wildly successful Before Today, Ariel Pink delves back into the well of retro-leaning lo-fi pop on Mature Themes, the third album from the singer's Haunted Graffiti project. Electro-funk revivalist Dam-Funk drops in on a cover of the obscure mixtape darling "Baby" by Donnie and Joe Emerson, delivering a faithful rendition of the drifting, lost blue-eyed soul gem. If that weren't reassuring enough, pre-release single "Only in My Dreams" shows that Pink and company are still pop purists lovingly exploring the sounds of the past to create the weirdness of the future. Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (p.76) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The music gives the whimsy weight. 'Only in My Dreams' channels the Byrds via the La's..." Billboard (p.26) - "[They] stick to the sound that brought them wider notice, submitting creamy soft-rock melodies reminiscent of 10cc and Spandau Ballet to all kinds of trippy synth-freak manipulations." Q (Magazine) (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Only In My Dreams'' Byrdsian jangle and the effortless breeze of the title track offer simple pleasures..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Ariel Pink and his band still skitter about on the margins but the asylum is well and truly under their grubby, long-nailed thumbs." Paste (magazine) - "MATURE THEMES is a bubbling word stew, an absurdist stream-of-conscious pastiche ladled atop a bed of Oingo Boingo-style '80s ray-gun synth pop by a psychedelic 8-bit videogame Captain Beefheart." Producer: Tim Koh, Kenny Gilmore, Ariel Rosenberg Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Guest Artist: Dam-Funk Release Date: 21 August, 2012 Label: 4AD Dimensions: 12.5 x 0.9 x 14.2 centimeters (0.05 kg)
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EAN: 0652637323023
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Language: Eng
Track #1: Kinski Assassin
Track #2: Is This the Best Spot?
Track #3: Mature Themes
Track #4: Only in My Dreams
Track #5: Driftwood
Track #6: Early Birds of Babylon
Track #7: Schnitzel Boogie
Track #8: Symphony of the Nymph
Track #9: Pink Slime
Track #10: Farewell American Primitive
Track #11: Live It Up
Track #12: Nostradamus & Me
Track #13: Baby
Era: 2010s
Run Time: 3047 Sec
Format: CD
Release Year: 2012
Genre: Pop, Alternative, Rock
Style: Neo-Psychedelia, Lo-Fi
Type: Album
Artist: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Record Label: 4AD
Release Title: Mature Themes