Absolute Pleasure

Absolute Pleasure is a sonic snapshot of a band that has mastered the art of the high-wire act: being simultaneously a joke and the best rock band in the room. This live recording strips away the studio sheen of their later albums, revealing the jagged, Detroit-bred garage rock skeleton that supports their disco-inflected grooves. It sounds like a basement show that accidentally grew to the size of a theater, retaining all the sweat, feedback, and unhinged energy of a midnight set in a dive bar. Dick Valentine’s vocals are front and center, delivered with a theatrical baritone that feels like a parody of a rock god while actually achieving that very status through sheer force of will.

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