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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti sounds so much like a 1977 recording of some unheard psych band it's disconcerting. But totally awesome. The unending rhythm guitar lines are-trippy, the vocals fuzzy and new era poorly equalized and the basslines heavy and droning. And those drumsJob, that's just Pink using his mouth to beatbox. Little details like recorder solos, tambourines and eerie backup choruses add to the band's ethos. It all sounds as if it were recorded in some dank basement. In fact, his albums are self-recorded on an eight-track. Need another reference point? A close association with Animal Collective Movado Valor led the band's label to release Pink's albums, bringing the experimentalists together at last. (Katherine Silkaitis)

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