Mature Themes

Rating

Album: Mature Themes
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Kinski Assassin	More Info...	0:03
2)	Is This the Best Spot?	More Info...	0:01
3)	Mature Themes	More Info...	0:02
4)	Only in My Dreams	More Info...	0:03
5)	Driftwood	More Info...	0:04
6)	Early Birds of Babylon	More Info...	0:05
7)	Schnitzel Boogie	More Info...	0:04
8)	Symphony of the Nymph	More Info...	0:04
9)	Pink Slime	More Info...	0:02
10)	Farewell American Primitive	More Info...	0:03
11)	Live It Up	More Info...	0:04
12)	Nostradamus & Me	More Info...	0:07

Album: Mature Themes
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Kinski Assassin	More Info...	0:03
2)	Is This the Best Spot?	More Info...	0:01
3)	Mature Themes	More Info...	0:02
4)	Only in My Dreams	More Info...	0:03
5)	Driftwood	More Info...	0:04
6)	Early Birds of Babylon	More Info...	0:05
7)	Schnitzel Boogie	More Info...	0:04
8)	Symphony of the Nymph	More Info...	0:04
9)	Pink Slime	More Info...	0:02
10)	Farewell American Primitive	More Info...	0:03
11)	Live It Up	More Info...	0:04
12)	Nostradamus & Me	More Info...	0:07

Performer Notes

Following up on the wildly successful Before Today, Ariel Pink delves back into the well of retro-leaning lo-fi pop on Mature Themes, the third album from the singer's Haunted Graffiti project. Electro-funk revivalist Dam-Funk drops in on a cover of the obscure mixtape darling "Baby" by Donnie and Joe Emerson, delivering a faithful rendition of the drifting, lost blue-eyed soul gem. If that weren't reassuring enough, pre-release single "Only in My Dreams" shows that Pink and company are still pop purists lovingly exploring the sounds of the past to create the weirdness of the future.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.76) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The music gives the whimsy weight. 'Only in My Dreams' channels the Byrds via the La's..."

Billboard (p.26) - "[They] stick to the sound that brought them wider notice, submitting creamy soft-rock melodies reminiscent of 10cc and Spandau Ballet to all kinds of trippy synth-freak manipulations."

Q (Magazine) (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Only In My Dreams'' Byrdsian jangle and the effortless breeze of the title track offer simple pleasures..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Ariel Pink and his band still skitter about on the margins but the asylum is well and truly under their grubby, long-nailed thumbs."

Paste (magazine) - "MATURE THEMES is a bubbling word stew, an absurdist stream-of-conscious pastiche ladled atop a bed of Oingo Boingo-style '80s ray-gun synth pop by a psychedelic 8-bit videogame Captain Beefheart."