Showing posts with label ariel pink's haunted graffiti mature themes album review 2012. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Mature Themes


6.3

This is way too weird, more than good. The previous album was better, but this is half comical, half psychedelic. Some of the tracks stand out apart from the overall sound of the album. It's very 60's, like The Turtles, or The Strawberry Alarm Clock. Sounds to me that's what Mature Themes is heavily influenced by. But revivalists are never as great as the pioneers of any musical genre. I give Ariel Pink credit for nailing the production value as if this actually was engineered in the 60's, but for quality of songwriting material, I think it falls flat.