02/Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Tuning, Volume, Knobs. AM/FM, Knobs. Childhood, Youth, Adolescence, Knobs. Basement scenes, 8-Tracks, Cassettes, Knobs. Frequencies, Soundwaves, Alone, Together, Knobs. Fiddling with the knobs, searching. Fiddling with the knobs, hunting. Fiddling with the knobs, landed. Fiddled with the knobs, Perfect.
(Steps away from the dial)
When I give Before Today my full and undivided attention, I'm taken back to those pre MP3/I can’t yet afford to purchase my own CDs days. Fiddling with the knobs and turning that dial til I hit that one station that just brings it on the music and satisfaction tip track after track after track. I get that with Before Today. A trip down Memory Lane, rockin’ robin with the historicals: Disco/Lo-Fi/post punk/soul. A man and his band: smooth, polished, and accessible, them too familiar with those glorious AM/FM days of yore. I’m glued to this here station. I hang on to every word. The sounds/genres/and bits & pieces so familiar, both singularly and together as one, gelled, flowing seamlessly. A 12 song, 45 minute block of musical exploration/trip down memory lane like no other. Cool, calm, collected, firmly planted in the present. Press play, volume up, and step away from the dials. Landed. We good.
KEY TRACKS: Bright Lit Blue Skies /Round & Round/Can’t Hear My Eyes
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