is it better than pom pom?
Is it better than pom pom?
I'm about to find out in roughly 46 minutes
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hooray.
I'm about to find out in roughly 26 minutes
Yes.
Really? How does it compar to his easier stuff?
the earlier stuff will always be his best. but this album is mostly good. some songs have this weird haunted surf rock motif that im starting to come around to. its interesting he never really did it before.
im very upset about the production on I Wanna Be Young though
I'm about to find out in roughly 16 minutes
There's just 5 hours left until you find me dead.
Omg this is so much better than what I originally thought of the leaks. Anyone know who the female vocals are on Feels Like Heaven and Kitchen Witch?
Reminder that this board won't care about this album until ANTHONY KEKTANO reviews it in a few days.
:( it did when it leaked though, there was good discussion about it then.
ive seen this discussed and posted consistently since it was leaked
Discussion will light up again when Pitchfork gives it an 8.7 tonight
Can someone hook me up with the full quality link now that it's out?
listening now for the first time. seems like pom pom with more of before today thrown in. liking it.
This is a very surface level analysis.
8.2 BNM
lmao i'm surprised conde is even allowing them to give it a bnm considering ariel's track record
well i havent finished it yet. cant comment on it until i hear it once or twice
Ok he needs to drop a whole fucking album with Dam-Funk, shit is too good.
I thought they were going to give him an 8.7 because Ryan Schreiber wrote that on one of his instagram posts.
Same lol. I didn't think they were going to give him bnm due to the lack of best new tracks for any of his singles + his controversy. Happy for Ariel tho this album totally deserves it.
Bump
Before today > pom pom> Dedicated to bobby > Mature themes
not gonna list the lofi albums cus theyre shit
kys
Just listened to it twice. The opening song kind of just throws you into the album. It's supposed to be a concept album, but it really doesn;t come across as such. The sound quality really wavers from song to song. It goes from crystal clear production quality to something that sounds it was recorded over a payphone. It's cool Ariel went back to his old lofi aesthetic, but its distracting how much the tracks differ in quality. There are a couple of treasures, but theyre mostly the singles. Songs like Dreamdate Narcissist and Acting are just terrible. Acting is bad early 10's vaporwave with autotune. Album is okay, maybe it will grow on me.
6/10
>time to kill your god
>artist is jewish
made me think
"fun" album but its feels like every song is a tribute to some artist or style
Acting is a great song. Youd appreciate it more after hearing Damfunks version
just listened to the first track. trash.
I'm going to listen to the album again before I give a final judgment. I just wanted to listen to the album at least twice before I read someone else's opinion. Acting feels really out of place with the rest of the album, not that there's a lot of cohesiveness to begin with. Maybe it's just my hate of autotune, it was done to death.
Probably Soko? No idea, but it sounds like her.
Production on I want to be Young is awful, bit the same thing is true for a lot of other songs. Dreamdate Narcissist is a crime.
>but its feels like every song is a tribute to some artist or style
Is this your first time listening to Ariel Pink?
Yes actually I downloaded the leak for this few months ago and that was it, was gonna listen to pom pom but haven't gotten around to it yet
oh and I heard one of his older tracks from like 2003 once
Predict the Fantano rating
I asked because doing "tributes" and homages to different styles and artists is kind of his thing. Most of his albums have several different genres on them
Charlotte
this guy is correct
>people unironically thinking Before Today through Pom Pom is even close to his early music
How to tell if someone got into him through pitchfork / fantano in one easy opinion
I only know because I am charlotte
strong 7 to light 8
light 7
light dicks/10
doubtful, but "I know you love me but do you think of me romantically" is one heck of a tune
Then buy that's how baby learns on cass then and give me money if u really think my music is good fucker
I have no idea who the fuck you are or what a how baby learns is. Post your shit. Google gives bad results.
release a new song right now and ill give you all of my money which is like 6 dollars
fuck u charlotte
the 128kbps leak sounds better t b h
>intentionally making your music sound like a shit YouTube rip
Fuck off.
No.
But it has some great highs
Strong 6 to light 7
Agreed hahah
Can you confirm that another weekend is written about you?
>It's supposed to be a concept album
no, it's not
>Acting is bad early 10's vaporwave with autotune
no, it's not
you're clueless, amigo
Did he intentionally take a step backwards from pom pom, literally his biggest hit? Was it the new label? I like some of the cuts on this, and like it when he explores some more psychedelic motifs, but a lot of these songs are flat out annoying.
FEEELS LIKE HEAVEN or TIME TO MEET YOUR GOD or TIME TO LIVE are awful hooks. I find myself starting at Death Patrol and then ending the album early.
Is round and round literally the greatest song ever made?
which don't make up for its lowest lows though
>5'4"
6
fuck off you cunt
He wants to be called The Melon now!
ABSOLUTELY NOT
but it's good
>It's supposed to be a concept album
No.
misogynistic music.
what the fuck is this? 1983?
I prefer pom pom but neither of them really stand up to his older stuff. Kitchen Witch, Feels like Heaven and s/t are probably better than anything on pom pom though.
the title track i mean
love u charles
Anybody else here ever check out Vas Deferens Organization
I guess not, but desu, so far so good. Nice solid album.
Yeah some of the songs were totally ruined by bad production. Hes trying too hard to mix lofi and hifi and its not working. He shouldve just stuck with his pom pom gameplan
Pom Pom tried to mix lofi and hifi poorly too
He should either go back to his before today glossy sound or just start making hard lofi like the doldrums again
Time to Meet Your God, Feels Like Heaven, Another Weekend, and Time to Live are my favorites. Some of the others are a bit disappointing, but I'll probably just need to listen to it more.
Mega link please?
Its good but Fright Night is clearly the best song ever made
what ealrier stuff do i need to hear?
I'd go as far as strong 8 tbqh
house arrest, doldrums, worn copy
some people say lover boy but im not too into it
right on the money user
seriously. the best thing about this album was how it got me to rediscover his back catalogue, which i guess im gonna do with every album forever. but recently he hasnt come close to touching his old at home days
SCARED FAMOUS FF AND THRASH AND BURN NIGGER
Only faggy hipsters pretend they like his old stuff. It sounds terrible, even with headphones its hard to make out the lyrics and everything is so scratchy and shrill and inconsistent, just sounds like an amateur recording himself messing around while tripping or something and then never revisiting it
Seriously you're a fucking idiot
/r/theneedledrop: +1!
its almost as if ariel has said several times the only reason he makes music is to recreate the hazy, far off distant childhood memories he has of hearing pop music for the first time on the radio
if you're the kind of person who pretended to like Pom Pom/Ariel Pink after the p4k hypetrain than you should probably just stick to listening to Pom Pom faggot
Nope, I started liking Ariel Pink when Before Today released
lol does anyone else remember Pitchfork aggressively trashing his first five albums back when pf4 was a little more respected
Yeah they gave doldrums like a 5.
It wants to be. But it isnt.
Still good tho
Yes it is.
it is MUCH better than pom pom.
No it certainly is not. Pom pom was so much more enjoyable and memorable, only enjoyed a few of these tracks.
t. Pleb
Stop listening to AP. Listen to the better version, Grimes.
Even ironically this annoys me
Grimesfags truly are the worst
no
"completely stupid and retarded'
>It's supposed to be a concept album
explain pls