Pedestrian Pop Hits

So a lot of you folks have stumbled on this blog because you're looking for Ariel Pink's "Pedestrian Pop Hits", apparently. Now instead of being a constant disappointment, here it is. One huge sixteen minute barnburner, and yeah, needless to say it's pretty far removed from his compact acid-fried pop jingles. Massively layered/delayed vocal tracks spiralling skyward and crashing back down into a sadly understated murky ocean of bass work and nonstop guitar, alternating between silky smooth half-solos and jagged mildly-fuzzed out dissonance. Hey, is "understated ocean" simultaneously contradictory and a simply awful metaphor? Thought so. Oh, and John Maus on keyboards and lump of shimmery psychedelic nonsense. Boss.



Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Pedestrian Pop Hits

Lucky for you, you can still pick up a hard copy over at Southern (1000 copies, all numbered, plus a real swanky fold-out package. More origami-esque than your standard fold-out.) While you're there, also grab Mount Eerie's entry in their "Latitudes" series, it's fantastic. And while I was there I realized they also used both a water-themed metaphor as well as the word "shimmering", so there you go. Whatever.