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Of note, the new Ariel Pink.

Not even 'a bit psychedelic' can begin to descrine the bizarreness he creates.

Kind of reminds me of some of the sublime frequencies stuff.

The more radio-station oriented recordings.

The tune 'Fright Night' send shivers.

Has something like a 'contained euphoria'.

A nod to the movie?

Probably.

Anyroad, best he's done.

Love it.

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On initial hearing, I am quite impressed too. He sounds like he used to, only, umm, "sharper" (?) -- but without losing his famous "blurriness".

His stuff always sounds to me like he somehow drained the sounds out of beat-up old 8-tracks from the mid-1970's. Crinkly faded old California coke-rock riffs, only the music didn't really sound like that back then.

I detect a certain "fake nostalgia" approach to music these days -- Stereolab may have been the pioneers ("a past vision of a future that never really happened.") Sun Araw and Ariel Pink fit in there too.