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Mar 28, 2012The freshness of these subversions reveal spaces you didn't know were there, and achieve a rare expansion of the vocabulary of music.
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Dec 19, 2011Heavy on atmosphere and hooks alike, Pleasure comes one bounding step closer in the eternal quest to marry refined song craft and ungovernable noise.
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Sep 7, 2011It's one of the finer conversions of 2011, managing the delicate task of crafting a record that sounds both incomprehensibly universal, deeply personal, and, yes, endlessly listenable.
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Jul 12, 2011Pure X have crafted a dream-like (think more Galaxie 500 and less Beach House) tapestry that is as difficult to derail as a freight train once it builds up relative speed.
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Jul 12, 2011Pleasure's ten tracks of gorgeously distorted, lo-fi pop glides languidly enough for '90s slowcore, but with woozy rhythms, lovelorn lyrics, and reverb-saturated textures that feel timeless.
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Jul 12, 2011Pure X may not be breaking new ground, but as far as deadbeat summer vibes done right go, Pleasure is one killer drag.
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Sep 21, 2011Pleasure essentially satisfies, even if I have to admit that it's hard not to feel absolutely, completely, and totally lied to by virtually everything about Pure X that isn't their music.
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Jul 12, 2011The lift isn't too high, but the album isn't meant to be a mood elevator. Instead, Pleasure gives you the smoke and confusion that is left when all extrinsic distractions are removed.
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Sep 8, 2011The cinder and smoke (and mirrors) that coats the rest makes Pleasure seem twice removed, but it's an insular listen, well-suited for personal reverie or a peyote trip at Devil's Waterhole in Inks Lake.
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UncutSep 14, 2011They are less successful when they step beyond these templates--the trippy "Surface" doesn't quite come off-- but this is a strong set. [Oct 2011, p.95]
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Aug 30, 2011Pleasure's same-ness is much the point, but that doesn't prevent it from being the one thing that holds the group back.
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Aug 26, 2011Pleasure drifts in and out of focus--some of the 10 tracks aren't even complete songs, just a hook that fades in and fades out again, having stumbled along pleasantly for a couple of minutes, with Nate Grace's guitar cutting through the amniotic fug.
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Jul 19, 2011For the most part, Pleasure delivers less on the promise of its title with every rehash of the same, endlessly whirring formula.
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Under The RadarAug 5, 2011The back half of the record in particular is a slog to get through. [Jul 2011, p.97]