| Pleasure Routine, The / Sugar Mountain |
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| Album: | Sugar Mountain | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Pleasure Routine, The | Added: | Aug 2016 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-08-01 | Pull Date: | 2016-10-03 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 18, 2023: | Wednesday Night Live Me, The Narcissist | 4. | Dec 16, 2021: | The Library (rebroadcast from Apr 5, 2017) Two Artists | |
| 2. | Dec 08, 2022: | The Library Two Artists | 5. | Aug 26, 2021: | The Library (rebroadcast from Nov 22, 2017) Two Artists | |
| 3. | Mar 18, 2022: | The Library (rebroadcast from Aug 1, 2018) Two Artists | 6. | Jul 15, 2021: | The Library (rebroadcast from Apr 10, 2019) Two Artists |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Aporia Reviewed 2016-08-01 | ||
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Oakland band plays moody earnest rock n roll rooted in throwbacks to the Velvet Underground, often with blues/folk/twee flourishes. Male and female vocals are often in conversation with each other, and the male vocals sound like a mix of Nick Cave and Lou Reed. Pretty guitars, cute storytelling lyrics, bass holds it all together. Support local music! RIYL The Velvet Underground, Giorgio Murderer, Girls, Nick Cave Recommended: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 FCC: 7 1. (5:10) ** Ruins—Slow. Clear soulful female vocals. Minimal instruments besides bass and a plodding drum beat, and brief synth fills. “I should have let you be / And you were beautiful and clean.” 2. (3:29) Wolves & Eyes—Bluesy. Male and female vocals in conversation. Piano riffs, chaotic, playful, fun. 3. (4:08) ** Wires—Drowsy, languid folk. Harmonica, bass groove, slide guitar. Tired dreamy female vox. 4. (3:50) *** Sugar Mountain—Fast, twee, idyllic chiming guitars. Male vocals. Prototypically folk lyrics. 5. (3:32) * Worndrobe—Slow, melancholy. Tears and cigarette smoke weaving into a hazy sunset over some lake in the Midwest. “He’s had what I had, and I’ve had what he’s had.” 6. (5:36) **** Two Artists—Stand out bass. Fast, anthemic. Male sorta spoken word vocals. Late nineties feel but also very Velvet Underground. Wild pretty jammy guitars in last minute and a half. 7. (3:19) Me, the Narcissist—FCC: “fuck”. Playful, fast, punky. 8. (4:55) Walk the Dog (Backwards)—Sort of post-punk, but brighter. Melancholy passages and insistent keys/vocals/guitars alternate. 9. (7:20) *** Young Lover—Mellotron and acoustic guitar, deep Nick Cave-like vocals. Song keeps building and building and adding guitar and percussion textures until its hushed resolution. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Ruins | 5. | Worndrobe | |||
| 2. | Wolves & Eyes | 6. | Two Artists | |||
| 3. | Wires | 7. | Me, The Narcissist | |||
| 4. | Sugar Mountain | 8. | Walk The Dog (Backwards) | |||
| 9. | Young Lover | |||||