About This Song
About "Farewell American Primitive" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
A hazy, downcast ballad that bids adieu to a vanished muse, 'Farewell American Primitive' drifts on sighing chords and muffled drums. Ariel Pink sounds like a ghost at his own wake—wistful and detached, the song's soft-focus beauty tinged with the ache of obsolescence.