FREE MP3: ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI: BEFORE TODAY
Ariel Pink, most know for creating drum sounds using his mouth, and sometimes armpits, plays and produces all his own music. An ultra lo-fi sound that upon first listen could easily be mistaken for a different era of music. Drawing on a grab bag of influences from Gothic rock acts like Christian Death, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and the Cure to R. Stevie Moore and Michael Jackson, his music is never predictable. He is the quintessential outsider, a strange recluse who obsessively records at home compiling hundreds of songs in the process. “His music could be bizarre and disturbing, with warped voices and dark subject manner evoking loneliness, bad drugs, and alienation; it could also be sweet and even sincere, celebrating the pleasure of a well-rendered verse melody and a good chorus.”[ via Pitchfork]
Check out a free track from the new album below:
