Pleasureinc. have released their debut EP Plastic People. Founded by snappy-named brothers Jonny Silver and Kenny Pleasures, the duo’s first foray into extended play aims to add some pizzaz to the recent outputs of mundane indie rocks and gloomy post punks in recent months. Delivering something like complete freedom at the pick n mix aisle. Experiencing nothing but sugar highs, with none of the nausea.
Setting the tone comes the title track, which explodes in an intro that spans numerous genres. Inside is the tempo of the 90s rave scene as well the sketchy guitars of Funk, spliced together with the percussion of your favourite mid 00’s club anthems. It sounds mental on paper but comes together like a wonderful collision of noise. Filling the room with an immediate sense of fun that would cheer up the most tortured of poets. Unlike its references to AEW wrestler Chris Jericho, the song is super energetic, entertaining, and definitely not in need of a refresh. Where Chris offered only a little bit of the bubbly, Pleasureinc. bring the whole bottle. Providing a great start to an EP that looks to offer more of this bubbly goodness.
‘DissCo.’ follows with a galaxy-wandering instrumental that takes all of the percussion heard on the Talking Heads discography and brings them up into the atmosphere with a Rick James-level of excitement. Probably fuelled by an excessive amount of Love Hearts (best sweets, btw). It’s catchy at its most wonky, filling the room with another over-the-top performance you can’t help but enjoy.
My personal highlight of Plastic People is ‘2:45’. The shortest track on the EP has a lot of content within its modest lifespan, with a snappy beat and strutting bassline that sounds so effortlessly cool, setting the foundation for the fast-paced vocals to do their thing all over it. Its driving tempo really sinks into the feet and leaves you moving like a boss. Stomping tarmac harder than the Hardest Geezer.
While the uninhabited nature brings a lot of highs to the EP, PleasureInc. also take a second to set the fun aside and get serious for ‘Buoy’. The closing track eases off the genres to deliver a purely synth and drum sound. Highlighting the struggle for 20-somethings to keep their heads above water in the current climate of cost-of-living crisis and mental health struggles. It comes as a surprise but hits hard in a more emotive way compared to its neighbouring, larger-than-life songs. Highlighting another side to PleasureInc. that shows more depth to their sound than we could expect.
Plastic People is a fantastic EP. I don’t think I’ve had as much fun listening to something as much as this. Pleasureinc. do a great job at simply being themselves and letting their sound do the convincing. It is beyond catchy and full of witty, fast-flowing lyricism alongside all the best moments from whatever genre you enjoyed from the last couple decades. What more could you want?!