Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today | CD review

(4AD)Eccentricity is a valuable commodity in pop music. For every space oddity wired differently from other mortals, however, there are many faux fruitcakes deranged more by the application of drugs than the perturbations of their talent.The jury is out on Ariel Pink. The cult Los Angeleno – born Ariel Rosenberg – is a prolific lo-fi recording buff whose sprawling yet catchy bedroom compositions have won him legions of admirers. Before Today, his latest, looks set to figure in many end-of-ye...

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