Stream new albums by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Teengirl Fantasy and Yeasayer

Maybe you need to get rid of the horrendous taste of that Olympic closing ceremony (This Is England). Then doesn't the internet (specifically NPR Music) have just the thing for you! Three anticipated albums, all set for release next Monday/Tuesday available to stream in full. Links below:

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
Teengirl Fantasy - Tracer
Yeasayer - Fragrant World

So yeah, thanks world for always finding ways to balance things out.

Single of the Week: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Only In My Dreams"

Unpredictability is one of the biggest strengths any entertainer can have, but in Ariel Pink's case you'd have thought he'd exhausted every sound and style from the sixties to the eighties, as his breakthrough album Before Today seemed to suggest. "Only In My Dreams" is not only  proof that he and the Haunted Graffiti have plenty more surprises in store, but that they dare to go one further. The track resembles a sunny, shimmery fold-pop ballad which owes a lot to Ariel's California residency (and Frank Zappa's We're Only In It For The Money). It shouldn't work but it does, as is often the case with this group, though the familiarity of Ariel's vocals and washy production take something to bring up to the rest of his current material. His knowledge and musical vision ensure another certified classic, that extends far beyond the
                                                        trappings of patische.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Only In My Dreams"

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes album cover and tracklist

1. "Kinski Assasin"
2. "Is This the Best Spot?"
3. "Mature Themes"
4. "Only in My Dreams"
5. "Driftwood"
6. "Early Birds of Babylon"
7. "Schnitzel Boogie"
8. "Symphony of the Nymph"
9. "Pink Slime"
10. "Farewell American Primitive"
11. "Live It Up"
12. "Nostradomus & Me"
13. "Baby"

If there's ever a track I've wanted to live up to it's name, it's "Schnitzel Boogie".

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti announce new album: Mature Themes

And obviously the first single is a cover of Donnie & Joe Emerson's "Baby", recorded with Dâm-Funk. Mature Themes follows 2010's Before Today, Ariel Pink's most successful album to date and his first for 4AD, who are also releasing the new album on the 21st August. Click here for "Baby".