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The new album is very good

http://www.allmusic.com/album/wait-to-pleasure-mw0002497558

<3 <3 <3 them, haven't heard the new one coz i wasn't aware of it, will check out! thanks

i saw them open for lower dens last year, which is why i <3 <3 <3 them and/or know of them at all. they were incredible.

new album out 23 April, better than the debut.

Funny, they are sort of in the same aura as Joy Formidable but not as poppy.

And they make me miss Joy Zipper, whom I think will never return.

Too much joys!

I was obsessed with the Hawaii video

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/170024-no-joy-wait-to-pleasure/

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17916-no-joy-wait-to-pleasure/

Two tracks into this and me likey.

So tempted to put 'Hare Tarot Lies' on repeat... fucking great song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajCLQLg6coU

I've said it before elsewhere but there's a lot of revival shoegazer stuff out right now. This song is tremendous.

Aggh they're playing here tonight but I'm not going because I always cave in and go to the shows my friends want to go to instead of seeing what I wanna see

Yeah, I've noticed there's a lot of revival shoegazer stuff kicking around at the moment, some of it undoubtedly better than others... I definitely think this album is one of the better ones!

Heard this the other day, pretty nice.

Keep finding myself coming back to this album... the opening three: 'E', 'Hare Tarot Lies' and 'Prodigy' are especially fucking great.

yeah there's enough variety in their songs that not only do they not fit in with a lot of those other shoegazer revivalist bands, but their songs are actually memorable too.

'Lunar Phobia' is another one that seems to be popping up in my head regularly, too... yeah, there's definitely hooks on this thing, there's no doubt about it!

Yeah, I've definitely fallen in love with this record now... I am absolutely certain I'm going to vote for this when the time comes for the EOY poll.

Enjoying the heck out of this album. Voted for one of the songs on the tracks poll, but more of them are growing on me. Didn't include in my albums ballot though.

Which track did you vote for? I did vote for the album, btw!

Great band, great album. Voted for it in tracks but the album got pushed off the bottom of my ballot.

Xp: blue neck riviera

I hate "Blue Neck Riviera" and wish they hadn't included it on the album. The last thing I need is more sub-Gang Gang Dance mumbling for stringy-haired MDMA hipster kids. What I do need is more songs like "Lizard Kids," which sounds somewhere between Isn't Anything-era MBV and SST records or a band from Chicago from the 80s or 90s.

Geez, I don't know much "sub-Gang Gang Dance mumbling for stringy-haired MDMA hipster kids". I just thought it was sorta a shoegazey Cure thing. Sheesh.

I like 'Blue Neck Riviera' just fine, although I like every track on this album.

Should probably just clarify at this point how much I love this album overall.

i had no idea what the hell you guys were talking about until i realised the track you're talking about is called 'mercury in retrograde' on my version

The 3-song EP Pastel and Pass Out released in November is worth a listen. It doesn't have anything quite on par with "Hare Tarot Lies" or "Lunar Phobia", but "Starchild is Dead" is a great floating mass of well-produced noise, drifting pilotless towards the rocks.

Wasn't really familiar with this band until I heard the "No Joy / Sonic Boom" EP. "Obsession" is fantastic and the other 3 tracks are interesting if not at the same level.

Love this band. I hope they release a new full length record soon.

Listening to the Obsession EP now. It's interesting, albeit a complete departure from their normal sound.

finally getting to the new album, sounds pretty Curve-tastic so far

it's bonkers

new one's so fun, scratches that Cranekiss itch

or it's like if Cranekiss swapped the Manual for Art of Noise