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- Summary: Formerly known as Pure Ecstasy, Pure X's debut full-length album was recorded live.
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- Record Label: Acephale
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
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Positive: 9 out of 14
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Mixed: 5 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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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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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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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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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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Under The RadarAug 5, 2011The back half of the record in particular is a slog to get through. [Jul 2011, p.97]