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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Tomorrow Instores June 8th
4AD are very pleased to release the label debut from Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti, Before Today.
For the best part of a decade, Los Angeles native Ariel Rosenberg has been carving some of the most intoxicating music going, a reclusive pop surrealist whose productions have led to a cult following that has often been difficult to keep up with.
Six months in the making, Before Today was recorded in part in Encino at the House of Blues (once Tito Jackson’s home studio) with Sunny Levine (Quincy Jones’ grandson) and Rik Pekkonen (Bill Withers, Seals & Crofts, Bread) as well as at the band’s home studios. The result is a beguiling mix of glam rock, West Coast funk and Merseybeat harmonies with a high-production sheen; a contrast to the corroded
bedroom recordings that have formented a fervent following over the past decade.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitt will be on a headlining tour this summer across North America with confirmed Canadian dates July 14 Biltmore (Vancouver), July 22 Mod Club (Toronto), July 23 La Sala Rossa (Montreal).
The band, and lead track Round And Round, have been generating early radio support from KEXP, SIRIUS, KCRW, WXPN and more
Available as a US import CD and LP, the album was mastered at Abbey Road, and vinyl includes complimentary MP3 download coupon.
Erik Fender directed video coming, premiere details TBC.
Head to arielpink.com for more.
For further information, please visit www.4ad.com and www.beggarsgroup.ca
“Ariel Pink has been ahead of the game too long. Over the last decade, he’s been crafting the kind of dreamy, AM-radio-nostalgic pop that’s recently become pervasive in indie music, sparking a reappraisal of his music.” BEST NEW MUSIC (“Round And Round”) – Pitchfork
“[Round And Round has] a chorus that may be the best thing he’s ever written: unabashedly sentimental, pure ‘70s AM-radio gold that easily transcends the lo-fi tag that Pink is apparently trying to shed wiith the release of this new record. An early frontrunner for song of the year” – Gorilla Vs. Bear
“Ariel Pink has turned out to be one of decade’s most influential indie musicians.” – Simon Reynolds
“Every song is an emotional acid trip pulling you through porn soundtracks and abandoned airports in Third World countries. The music layers itself with such effortless surrealism, it’s like being dragged into an art film from which you have no escape. The moment is cinematic and disturbing … in the best way imaginable.” – LA Weekly
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