Cover art for APHG's Mature Themes
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti will release its new album, Mature
Themes, on Aug. 21, it's the band's second album for 4AD and the official
follow-up to its 2010 breakthrough album, Before Today. That's the
cover art above, and the full track list is below. The first single from the
album is a cover of Donnie and Joe Emerson's "Baby," and features
guest vocals from Dam-Funk. The song will also be released on July 10 as a
limited edition one-sided 12" via 4AD. Dam-Funk will also open up several
dates of APHG's Fall tour (see full dates below).
Ariel recently talked to David Bevan at SPIN.com about the
new album:
"Sonically, it's comparable," Pink says of the new
work, 13 or 14 songs he's only recently penned. "There are definitely not
any links to my lo-fi origins. It's so diverse but so different from anything
I've done before. In a sense, its really the record I wanted to make back when
I made Before Today, but couldn't due to pressures and different
factors. We had time to let our hair down and try new things."
Pink was able to bring in a large cache of vocal melodies
and song foundations he'd previously recorded to his new phone. "Getting
my first Android phone changed my life," he explains. "I don't have
to memorize everything. I can put ideas down on the fly and save them for a
rainy day, which is something I never had the luxury of doing in the past. I've
got this great talent for co-opting memories at random - this time I've got a
hundred ideas on a moment's notice."
ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI
06-24 Tokyo, Japan - Hostess Club Weekender (Ebisu Garden
Hall)
06-25 Osaka, Japan - Conpass
09-07 Austin, TX - Mohawk *$
09-08 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *$
09-10 Atlanta, GA - Goat Farm (Goodson Yard Room) *$
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle*$
09-13 Washington DC - 9:30 Club *$
09-14 New York, NY - Webster Hall *!
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *%
09-16 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *%
09-18 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Du Mile End *%
09-19 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *%
09-20 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College *
09-21 Chicago, IL - Metro *#
09-22 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe *#
09-24 Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall *#
09-25 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *#
09-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Rickshaw Theatre *
09-29 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
10-01 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *#
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre *
06-25 Osaka, Japan - Conpass
09-07 Austin, TX - Mohawk *$
09-08 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *$
09-10 Atlanta, GA - Goat Farm (Goodson Yard Room) *$
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle*$
09-13 Washington DC - 9:30 Club *$
09-14 New York, NY - Webster Hall *!
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *%
09-16 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *%
09-18 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Du Mile End *%
09-19 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *%
09-20 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College *
09-21 Chicago, IL - Metro *#
09-22 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe *#
09-24 Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall *#
09-25 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *#
09-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Rickshaw Theatre *
09-29 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
10-01 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *#
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre *
* = w/ Bodyguard
$ = w/ Moon Diagrams
! = w/ TEEN
% = w/ Phedre
# = w/ Dâm-Funk
$ = w/ Moon Diagrams
! = w/ TEEN
% = w/ Phedre
# = w/ Dâm-Funk
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Mature Themes
(4AD)
Street Date: Aug. 21, 2012
Track List:
1. Kinski Assasin
2. Is This The Best Spot?
3. Mature Themes
4. Only In My Dreams
5. Driftwood
6. Early Birds of Babylon
7. Schnitzel Boogie
8. Symphony of the Nymph
9. Pink Slime
10. Farewell American Primitive
11. Live it Up
12. Nostradomus & Me
13. Baby
ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI LINKS:
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