Strange Pleasures

Still Corners
Sub Pop Records
General | May 2013

Reviews

Mister Esquire
Reviewed 2013-09-03
As Reviewed By Mister Esquire.

shoepop/80's synth pop revival.
dreamy, dancey, solid shoepop.
dead ring for Tamaryn.
songs are samey=sums it up.
MR. ESQ. SEZ: MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW.
FCC CLEAN.
RIYL: TAMARYN, NO JOY, BLACK RYDER, ET AL.
PLAY: ANY/ALL/RANDOM/GO COMEOWTOSE.


1. PURR-FECT: dreamy, hypnotic, slow and slinky.
2. more of an 80's feel.
3. slow and slinky time...light the lemon candles...
4. percolating begin. very dancey.
5. oriental begin. (exotic!)
6. 80's synth pop.
7. slower, slinkier, 80's er(?)
8. neo-folky. cheesy.
9. cloying. dancey, propulsive, new wave disco. very 80's.
10. PURR-FECT II: slow to mid slinkiness
=hypnotic. slow dancey. seductive...
11. slow, neo-dirge.
12. heavy insect synth wave begin. builds slowly in it's darkness, danciness. (=dankciness!)

Recent airplay

The Trip
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I Can't Sleep
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The Trip
NarniaNov 07, 2015
The Trip
Meow: The Best Of 2013Jan 07, 2014
The Trip
KZSU Top 100 of 2013Jan 02, 2014
The Trip
Meow After MidnightNov 12, 2013

Charting

2013-09-09 — 2013-11-11
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 10 2
Nov 3 2
Oct 27 4
Oct 20 5
Oct 13 3
Oct 6 2
Sep 29 2
Sep 22 2

Track listing

1. The Trip
2. Beginning To Blue
3. I Can't Sleep
4. All I Know
5. Fireflies
6. Berlin Lovers
7. Future Age
8. Going Back To Strange
9. Beatcity
10. Midnight Drive
11. We Killed The Moonlight
12. Strange Pleasures