The Fat Angel Sings

The new Ariel Pink double album — his first release in two years — features sexual come-ons only without the slightest chance of actual consummation on its creator’s part. “I like your areolas, baby” is not so as just trashy humour. If you can look past this aspect of Pink’s lyrics and frequent foot-in-mouth public statements, the new album Pom Pom may be for you. Musically, the lost sounds Pink pilfers are markedly different from what he has explored before: the usual lo-fi ’70s sleaze-rock mixes with spacey prog-rock, 8-bit noises, ’60s pop and more