Nobody is quite sure if Ariel Pink is working on Madonna's forthcoming record, but we do know one think: He has completed his own new project, pom pom. Buoyed by a burpy bass line and random vocal interjections, "Black Ballerina" is the second track released from Pink's new LP, following "Put Your Number in My Phone." In addition to the new single, he has also released upcoming tour dates.
Check it out, via Pitchfork:
Here are the tour dates:
11/28/14: Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theatre
1/24/15: Melbourne, Australia @ Sugar Mountain Festival
2/7: San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club
2/9: Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne Theatre
2/10: Seattle, WA @ Neumos
2/11: Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
2/13: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
2/14: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
2/16: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café
2/17: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
2/18: Detroit, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom
2/19: Toronto, ON, Canada @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
2/20: Montreal, QC, Canada @ Le National
2/21: Boston, MA @ TBD
2/23: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
2/24: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
2/25: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Pink provided the most random music story of October when he simultaneously claimed to be working on the new Madonna record and bashed the iconic artist in the same interview.
"I guess it's called 'throwback', but the first record [1983's Madonna] was so good because of the songs," he said. "It's been a downward slide [since] ... Ray of Light is not cool. And all the other stuff she's done after that, it's not like it matters. It really shows a drain of values. People need more substance in their mac-and-cheese. People need more sugar or something."
But Madonna's manager Guy Oseary disputed Pink's claim that he is working with Lady M.
"[Madonna] and I have never heard of [Pink]," Oseary wrote in response to a fan's tweet. "The label may have reached out but M has no interest in working with mermaids."
