pom pom

Pitchfork 8.8/10 A decade ago, Ariel Pink crept out of his rented room in an ashram off Crenshaw with reels of spindly, self-destructing love songs. On his new album, the CalArts alumnus remains the stylistic next-of-kin to Frank Zappa: satirical, divisive, and more interested in terraforming genres than neatly deconstructing them.

The Line of Best Fit 6/10 A frustrating, occasionally marvelous record that has us yearning to see a little less of Ariel Pink the madcap collaborator and a little more of Ariel Pink the man.

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's Pom Pom on Rolling Stone.com.

DIY 2/5 Overbearing and frustrating from the get go, it feels like he’s taking the piss.

The Skinny 4/5 This double album magnum opus from the one-time king of lo-fi haunted graffiti is essentially an Ariel Pink best-of, albeit with an entirely new batch of songs. And the whole affair is as throwaway and tremendously enjoyable as you might expect from an album with songtitles such as Nude Beach A G-Go, Exile On Frog Street and Goth Bomb.

Under The Radar 8.0/10 Even those who detest Ariel Pink's think piece-baiting persona will likely admit that, on some level, the L.A. pop savant is an important artist. New generation ironists Mac DeMarco and Foxygen simply wouldn't exist without him.

The Observer 3/5 Shocking Pink? This uneven, cutesy, solo-centred album is bordering on the creepy, says <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

The Guardian 2/5 Ariel Pink can write genuinely melodic tunes when he wants to. The trouble is he just wants to get on your wick