Music
Mature Themes
After years of weird-ass bedroom recordings, Ariel Pink has upgraded his operation, and what he loses in stoner burble, he gains in high-def Sixties flashback triggers. The music gives the whimsy weight. “Only in My Dreams” channels the Byrds via the La’s, and the synth reverie “Farewell American Primitive” might be a kiss-off to his old self, with a glance over his shoulder but no regrets.
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