“Round and Round” is a song written and performed by the American hypnagogic pop band Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti.[5] It was released as a double A-side on April 26, 2010 and appeared as the fifth track on Before Today, the band’s debut album on 4AD.
Guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill recalled of the track’s creation: “[It] was like two songs in one. We wrote new parts and rearranged it in a total ramshackle way into a very-not-cohesive song.”[6] The Atlantic's Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones described the song’s styles ranging “from King Sunny Ade afropop to Holland-era Beach Boys with elements of musique concrete dropped in here and there.”[3]
Pitchfork ranked the track at number one on “The Top 100 Tracks of 2010”[7] and number two on “The 200 Best Tracks of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)”.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Round and Round” | 5:13 |
| 2. | “Mistaken Wedding” | 4:02 |
| Total length: | 9:15 | |
References
- ^ “Round and Round by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti”. 4AD. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (November 13, 2014). “Ariel Pink: Pom Pom review – pop music by someone who thinks it’s beneath him”. The Guardian. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ a b Hinkes-Jones, Llewellyn (15 July 2010). “Downtempo Pop: When Good Music Gets a Bad Name”. The Atlantic.
- ^ Rosen, Armin (June 15, 2022). “Code Pink How Pitchfork darling Ariel Pink became a music industry untouchable”. Tablet. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ Schreiber, Ryan. “Best New Track: “Round and Round” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti”. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ Beta, Andy (September 13, 2012). “Cover Story: Ariel Pink”. Pitchfork. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ “The Top 100 Tracks of 2010”. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ “The 200 Best Tracks of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)”. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 18 August 2014.