Ariel Pink – Put your number in my phone (4AD)
More gloriously poignant/vaguely unsettling jangle pop from the pink-haired one. He may have dropped the Haunted Graffiti but the killer 80s-inflected tunes keep coming.
In among the irresistible chiming guitars, the massed banks of synths over a heartfelt “baby” and the superb touch of a girl’s gently pleading message on his voicemail, I find myself returning again and again to the genius staccato of the chorus bassline. It seems to tap out a morse code of hope and love from Ariel to the world.
And apart from that being exactly what the world needs now, it is such a beautiful thing.
*As is his wont, the video is likely to take the poignant edge off the tune for you, opting instead to creep you the fuck out.
In among the irresistible chiming guitars, the massed banks of synths over a heartfelt “baby” and the superb touch of a girl’s gently pleading message on his voicemail, I find myself returning again and again to the genius staccato of the chorus bassline. It seems to tap out a morse code of hope and love from Ariel to the world.
And apart from that being exactly what the world needs now, it is such a beautiful thing.
*As is his wont, the video is likely to take the poignant edge off the tune for you, opting instead to creep you the fuck out.
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