Noah Georgeson, Richard Good, Luckey Remington, Genaro Vergoglini, Jason Clark
Influences
Noah, whose dynamic croon falls somewhere in the wide valley between Marc Bolan and Johnny Cash, and Rich, who has a sly English baritone in the vein of Brian Ferry or Jarvis Cocker, provide vocal melodies that are sturdy and enduring, and harmonies that soar and stack unexpectedly into choral masses and sunny swaths.
Sounds Like
On Don’t’ Make Things, The Pleased play songs about disasters, doctors, soldiers, horses, surgeons, money, conversations, Canada, and teeth. The sound is that of five people who are coming from different places to the same spot on a field, each in their own fashion.
The Pleased are aesthetically self-conscious. They layer their nervous, crackling, angular rhythmic sections with shimmering, extravagantly lush guitar stomps, embroidered throughout by vocals that are, in turns, raucous, glassily detached, decadently honeyed, raggedly elegant, and terse and clipped; the whole thing occasionally breaks spontaneously into a romping dance rhythm, or an almost baroque keyboard counterpoint passage, or a swell of thick, shaggy noise—none of which reads as discontinuous or disingenuous, but rather like the sleep-talk of a fevered child, veering between lucidity and lunacy, as the songs flare up into loose and looming aural shapes and then decay again into bristling restraint.
As with their previous three EPs, The Pleased debut album is entirely self-produced, recorded, mastered, and designed. Don’t Make Things is an album of layers and textures bound together in intelligent and thoroughly memorable songs. The music isn’t scattered or stolen—it is precise, but it breathes, and while each song creates an individual space, the album as a whole is coherent and complete. The Pleased have succeeded in creating an album that is singularly glorious upon first listen, yet continues to reveal its full depth after many more.
The Pleased are currently on a haitus but you can catch Noah and Luckey on tour with Devendra or see Rich's new music here: Kings & Queens
Hey Lucky you big star... Will you remember all the little people who drove you to work in the good old days? Let us know when you're in nor-cal! Do you still have the vespa???
dudes, i still get nostalgic when i listen. i waited on you guys a few years ago when you played the Baltimore Hard Rock Cafe haha. Jay gave me a sweet tip. Hey Jay! haha.
hey noah, you gonna be playing alongside devendra in newcastle (uk) in september? enjoyed our little chat outside the gig in london in october even though im sure you wont remember. you had a great moustache. keep it real. keep it curled. peas.
Gary Reynolds and the Brides of Obscurity are playing In Berkeley Friday June 9th 2006 Doors 9:00 PM Show starts 9:30 PM
Blakes on Telegraph
2367 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704, US
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We will be giving away a FREE copy of our CD "Instant Happiness" to everyone who shows up at a show!!! So come on out and bring your friends.
Oh yes, don't forget to download the mp3 version of the album FREE on our website www.bridesofobscurity.com
I LOVE Don't Make Things....RIP- THE PLEASED
