4/21/2021 0 Comments Ariel Pink Blogspot
What is it they have in the water over there Perceivably it is dance.In the category weird, weirder, weirdest pom pom scores high.Ive heard the previous two albums of Ariel Pink, but always thought there was something missing to make it attractive to me.
Not that pom pom has something extremely attractive, far from, but is so strange that it becomes appealing somehow. His influence is in the music, the (treatment and way of) singing and the odd changes in the songs. On top of that the total madness, everything goes and the weird lyrics. In the case of Foxygen several critics called it artistic suicide. But didnt Frank Zappa have a long, diverse and interesting career Next to that, of the few reviews that I read, Zappa was never mentioned. He started recording music in the previous millennium, although his first official release was in 2003, through the band Animal Collective. ![]() A special note is that four of the songs on pom pom were written by Kim Foley, especially for Ariel Pink, on his sickbed. I find that whether I really like pom pom is the wrong question to ask. A ride to undergo in wonder, wide-eyed and open-mouthed; hurtling, running, stumbling, falling and getting up again, from surprise to surprise. In between I encounter these gems like Put your number in my phone. Poppy with a strange twist, trippy, extremely touching in a dirty, hippie sort of way. Nude beach a go-go, one of Foleys songs, is almost more Frank Zappa than Zappas Mothers of Invention on Freak out. Freaky weirdness combined with that pop guitar (sound) of the late 50s. At the same time there is a punk layer that is mixed with 60s psychedelics and rock guitars. From The Clash all the way back to Jorma Kaukonens lead guitar and some classic rock lead licks. The next song takes the listener into another corner, up, down, carnival sounds, Latin church recitations, kazoo, what not. Total silliness. Less the walk. This is enough to know about pom pom, I find. If you like a lot of weirdness in your music, enjoy finding treasures in a field of mud, pearls between the swines or are just plain curious what this is all about: this is your album. It may well be that you stop listening within the first minute. If not, youre in for a surprise. I dare you. Wo. You can listen to Put your number in my phone here. Whats new for a blog Below we have made a selection on the basis of first co.
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