Rollin
Hunt has a pretty impressive CV. Originally from Chicago, the Los
Angeles-based production designer has worked on projects like this ad
for the NBA and the independent film Wolves From Another Kingdom.
Not to be outdone by his visual side, Hunt’s bombed-out lo-fi
recordings have also inspired early Ariel Pink-like devotion, leading to
a tribute album by equally obscure bands in 2008. Four years later, the
multimedia artist seems to be moving away from the doo-wop swing of his
earlier releases with the dark, hazy “Beautiful Park” off his
forthcoming debut full-length, The Phoney. Hunt drags his husk of
a low register over a bed of fizzling synthesizers a la Matthew Dear,
electrocuted and left for dead, crawling through the wreckage of his
equipment. Hunt builds the track’s melodic tension to hair-raising
effect, releasing it at the last minute with his erstwhile optimism in
arpeggiated sprinkles.
Rollin Hunt – The Phoney (2013)
Rollin
Hunt has a pretty impressive CV. Originally from Chicago, the Los
Angeles-based production designer has worked on projects like this ad
for the NBA and the independent film Wolves From Another Kingdom.
Not to be outdone by his visual side, Hunt’s bombed-out lo-fi
recordings have also inspired early Ariel Pink-like devotion, leading to
a tribute album by equally obscure bands in 2008. Four years later, the
multimedia artist seems to be moving away from the doo-wop swing of his
earlier releases with the dark, hazy “Beautiful Park” off his
forthcoming debut full-length, The Phoney. Hunt drags his husk of
a low register over a bed of fizzling synthesizers a la Matthew Dear,
electrocuted and left for dead, crawling through the wreckage of his
equipment. Hunt builds the track’s melodic tension to hair-raising
effect, releasing it at the last minute with his erstwhile optimism in
arpeggiated sprinkles.
