Ariel Pink - Pom Pom - Vinyl, LP ***SEALED RARE

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Ariel Pink - Pom Pom - Vinyl, LP. ***SEALED

ALBUM DESCRIPTION:

The first work attributed solely to Ariel Pink since the late 2000s and his first solo album, Pom Pom finds an uneasy balance between his early days and his later albums with Haunted Graffiti for 4AD. With slightly murkier production values than either Before Today or Mature Themes, the sprawling double album nods to Pink's home-recording days, but features a far wider cast of collaborators -- including Spiritualized's Jason Pierce and rock polymath Kim Fowley -- than any of his previous music. Similarly, these songs encompass some of his most engaging pop and some of his most aggressively weird music. While Pom Pom isn't as fragmented as the collections of his early work, the sides of Pink's music often feel polarized, especially compared to how well they complemented each other on Before Today and Mature Themes. The album's pop side might fare slightly better, at least on the first few listens: "Put Your Number in My Phone" may be even catchier than Before Today's "Round and Round" or Mature Themes' "Only in My Dreams" (and the fact that it appears a quarter of the way into Pom Pom suggests Pink is aiming for a disorienting listening experience), while "Dayzed Inn Daydreams" delivers more gauzy AM pop that sounds like it was channeled from the early '70s. Elsewhere, the breezily disturbing "Lipstick" could be an '80s new wave ballad written by Brian DePalma, and "Picture Me Gone" mixes mortality and technology into something equally witty and bittersweet. Some of Pom Pom's more overtly wacky tracks, like the novelty rock and musique concrète collision of "Dinosaur Carebears," take a while time to warm up to, and some, like "Exile on Frog Street," are just too long. However, for every song like these, there's a "White Freckles," a fine tip of the hat to Frank Zappa's legacy. Likewise, Pink's Fowley collaborations feel like the passing of the torch from one eccentric to another, whether it's "Plastic Raincoats in the Pig Parade"'s surreal sugar high, "Jell-O"'s whitebread satire, or the risqué surf-pop of "Nude Beach a Go-Go" (Azealia Banks' version of the song on Broke with Expensive Taste was even more successful and surprising in context). Indeed, sex is never far away on a Pink album, and "Sexual Athletics"' mix of cartoonish lust and romantic longing feels like Mature Themes in a nutshell. Though the way Pink zigs and zags on Pom Pom can be dazzling or confusing depending on listeners' patience, in its own way it's one of the best representations of what makes his music fascinating and occasionally frustrating. ~ Heather Phares

Tracklist

Hide Credits P1 Plastic Raincoats In The Pig Parade Written-By – Pink*, Fowley* Written-By – Pink*, Fowley* 3:29 P2 White Freckles Written-By – Pink*, Gilmore* Written-By – Pink*, Gilmore* 2:47 P3 Four Shadows Written-By – Pink*, Bolles* Written-By – Pink*, Bolles* 3:39 P4 Lipstick Written-By – Pink* Written-By – Pink* 3:20 P5 Not Enough Violence Written-By – Kazemi*, Pink*, Bolles*, Chamberlain* Written-By – Kazemi*, Pink*, Bolles*, Chamberlain* 6:04 I6 Put Your Number In My Phone Written-By – Pink*, Elbrecht* Written-By – Pink*, Elbrecht* 2:53 I7 One Summer Night Written-By – Pink* Written-By – Pink* 3:56 I8 Nude Beach A Go-Go Written-By – Pink*, Fowley* Written-By – Pink*, Fowley* 2:19 I9 Goth Bomb Written-By – Pink* Written-By – Pink* 2:42 I10 Dinosaur Carebears Written-By – Pink*, Kennedy*, Chamberlain* Written-By – Pink*, Kennedy*, Chamberlain* 5:24 N11 Negativ Ed Written-By – Pink* Written-By – Pink* 3:17 N12 Sexual Athletics Written-By – Pink*, Bolles*, Fowley* Written-By – Pink*, Bolles*, Fowley* 4:03 N13 Jell-o Written-By – Pink*, Fowley* Written-By – Pink*, Fowley* 2:02 N14 Black Ballerina Written-By – Pink* Written-By – Pink* 5:51 K15 Picture Me Gone Written-By – Pink*, J. Raisen*, M. Raisen* Written-By – Pink*, J. Raisen*, M. Raisen* 5:39 K16 Exile On Frog Street Written-By – Pink*, Kennedy*, Fowley* Written-By – Pink*, Kennedy*, Fowley* 4:47 K17 Dayzed Inn Daydreams Written-By – Pink* Written-By – Pink* 4:52

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ? – 4AD Ltd.
Copyright © – 4AD Ltd.
Recorded At – Seahorse Sound Studios
Recorded At – Joe's Downtown
Recorded At – The Escarpment, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered At – 101 Mastering
Pressed By – MPO

Credits

Artwork, Layout – Matt Fishbeck
Backing Vocals, Synth, Guitar – Joe Kennedy (5)
Bass Guitar, Vocals, Drums – Tim Koh
Drums, Backing Vocals, Engineer, Edited By, Keyboards, Bass – Kenny Gilmore
Drums, Flute [Electronic] – Jimi Hey
Drums, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Recorded By – Don Bolles
Engineer – Phillip Haut
Engineer, Recorded By – Samlir Kholija
Guitar – Jason Pierce (5)
Guitar, Keyboards [Optigan] – Justin Raisen
Guitar, Synth [Analog], Vocals – Jack Name
Guitar, Violin [Arrangements], Organ – Ben Brown (19)
Guitar, Vocals, Synth, Sampler – Cole Greif Neill*
Mastered By – David Ives
Photography By [Of Ariel On Phone] – Linda Rosenberg (2)
Synth, Vocals, Bass, Sequenced By, Programmed By – Shags Chamberlain
Twelve-String Guitar – Alex Brettin*
Vibraphone – Ben Salomon
Vocals – Chloe Sykes, Piper Kaplan, Soko Sokounski*
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Lyrics By, Producer, Artwork, Layout – Ariel Pink

Notes

Housed in a gatefold sleeve.

Tracks numbered sequentially across all sides.

Comes with free download code.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 652637344011
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): CAD 3440 A2 THE NEW RULES MPO
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): CAD 3440 B2 THE NEW RULES MPO
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): CAD 3440 C MPO
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): CAD 3440 D GET SHUTUPP'D MPO

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