ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2002, HOUSE ARREST IS RIDDLED WITH AN ANTIC, SELF-REFLEXIVE ENERGY. THE ALBUM’S OPENER, “HARDCORE POPS ARE FUN”, MAKES IT CLEAR: HOUSE ARREST IS EXUBERANT, SUPERCHARGED––AN UPSHIFT FROM THE MELANCHOLIA SATURATING ITS PREDECESSOR THE DOLDRUMS.
HOUSE ARREST IS NOT JUST A CHANGE OF TONE FROM ALIENATION TO JOYFULNESS; THE ALBUM SHUFFLES THROUGH COUNTLESS MODES AND STYLES, FROM CONVENTIONAL POP ARRANGEMENTS TO WILD, DECONSTRUCTIVE EXPERIMENTS. INCLUDING THE FIRST-EVER VINYL APPEARANCE OF "THE PEOPLE I'M NOT," "OCEANS OF WEEP," "NETHERLANDS," AND "HIGHER AND HIGHER". IN ALL, A SELF-PORTRAIT OF ARIEL PINK’S MAD DESCENT INTO THE CREATIVE ABYSS.