Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Sorry for the overkill on this lo-fi pop shit. I can't promise there won't be more to come but I promise I will post something different next time.

This is the newest release from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti called Oddities Sodomies Vol. 1

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Oddities Sodomies Vol. 1
(January 2, 2009 - Vinyl International)

This is a collection of odds and ends (hence the title) recorded from 1997-2004 and it ranks right near the top of his recorded oeuvre. This record is just so fantastic, the sort of record that's perfect to have spinning in your bedroom or living room on those days you just wanna lay around all day and get lost in the alternate universe in which these songs swim and splash and frolic.

Perhaps an intro would be nice. This is the album that got me hooked on this cat and most of his contemporaries. If anything give this one a thorough listen. It still ranks as my favorite.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
House Arrest
(January 24, 2006 - Paw Tracks)

Let's pretend that Ariel Pink isn't Animal Collective's pet artist. That he's not unabashedly L.A. and doesn't get off on tickling our FM culture pleasure areas. That he doesn't deliberately sculpt his Brian Wilson/California weirdo-songwriter mythology to a T. That he doesn't pretend he invented genre-bending lo-fi. Got all that? Good, here's the kicker-- House Arrest is just another slightly above average album from Pink; controversy and fanfare be damned.

This last paragraph comes from Pitchfork as they proceed to give it a 6.2 on their almighty scale. They are so overrated. "Animal Collective's pet artist" because he was the first person signed to their label? That's fucked up.

Download Oddities Sodomies Vol. 1
Download House Arrest

Just for fun:
One of my favorite songs off his Worn Copy album.
MP3: Ariel Pink - “Life In L.A.”