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March 5th, 2007 6:41am

I Was So Confused

Pleasure "Out Of Love" - You know that point in some songs (most especially new wave tunes) when the sentiment of the lyric overcomes the singer and they reflexively close their eyes for a moment and swoon as they hit a higher note? It's a glorious thing, and most good songs about new infatuation tend to do this at least once, if not a few times over. This new single by Pleasure sounds as though it was engineered to maximize the impact of these swooning moments, and so when they come, the rush is exhilarating and sorta exhausting. "Out Of Love" is a sublime mix of gleeful synthpop bounce and sad-eyed melancholy, and though there are some echoes of Blondie's "Heart Of Glass," it tosses out that song's cynicism and wounded pride in favor of an entirely earnest sweetness. (Click here for the Pleasure MySpace page.)

Dan Deacon "Okie Dokie" - Dan Deacon's absurd, cartoonish electro-punk is like being assaulted by a street gang of Pokemon characters. It rocks out and hits you hard and fast, but it never stops seeming cute and silly even when the track accelerates so much that the electronic snare hits begin to sound more like rapid gun fire than any kind of musical instrument. (Click here for the Dan Deacon website.)

Elsewhere: Eric Harvey on why going to see Girl Talk play a live gig may not be a very good idea.

RSS Feed for this post6 Responses.
  1. 3/5/07 8:42 pm
     Richard B. says:

    My - that Pleasure track is nifty…

  2. 3/5/07 11:40 pm
     eric says:

    cosigned re: the pleasure track. very, very enjoyable this morning. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE TRACK MATTHEW.

  3. 3/7/07 5:54 pm
     cindyhotpoint says:

    That Dan Deacon song snuck up on me a few days after generally finding it not that notable. Can’t get enough of it today, for some reason.

  4. 3/7/07 9:58 pm
     cindyhotpoint says:

    …on the other hand, Pleasure reminds me of The Cardigans and Aqua, and not really in the best ways — yet the infectiousness is undeniable.

  5. 3/10/07 4:25 am
     Toto says:

    Ive been listening too a few of the tracks of Pleasure 2 for the last few weeks and I have to say Im loving it. Hoping it makes the US. “Up Town” especially captures a pure concentrated 80s Gloria Estafan-esque Miami club sound!

  6. 12/8/07 7:14 pm
     leiagh says:

    awesome pleasure song.
    but….
    the link isn’t working. could you pleeease fix it for the love of god?

    thanks

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