everybody, let's twitch!
Liner notes and information about The Pleasures Pale and their 4-song Twitch EP, releasing in January 2022.
suffering the sadist
Growing up introverted and of slight stature, I had my share of childhood encounters with malicious intimidation, perpetually on the...
house of pale
In the fall of 1985 The Pleasures Pale were forming — meeting, writing and recording songs in the house I was renting on Marcella Avenue...
a train track rusted
“A smokestack grey is laughter in the rain / A train track rusted won't carry me away” Dayton's post-industrial ghost haunted my early...
depresso
Growing up in rural small town Ohio in the 1960s and 70s, coffee was something that came in a red or blue tin. It was either Folger’s or...
for the love of a girl in black
Inherently, The Pleasures Pale was a band for misfits. Whether consciously or simply in the course of our individual habits and...
aren't you playing with me?
The cruelness and savagery of children can be astounding. Growing up in small-town Ohio, I was a firsthand witness. For a period of...
as pleasures pale
The Pleasures Pale sprouted in late 1985 with a series of songwriting sessions and loose band rehearsals. These initial assemblies...
rust belt gothic
With the rust belt states playing such a conspicuous role in the U.S. presidential election, I've been thinking about my own roots — and...
only half bad
If we could time travel back to Dayton, Ohio 1987, we’d see The Pleasures Pale reaching a creative peak. After drummer Jeff Keating left...
