Punning on Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures while painting the old black-and-white landscape a pretty sunset pink, Alan Palomo, aka Austin’s VEGA (not these folks) goes for pure joy (sorry) on his Well Known Pleasures EP. Before this, the Italo-disco synthesizer gained his biggest national exposure via that controversial Crystal Castles gig, wherein the Canadian 8-bit duo came up with a 2-bit excuse for canceling their show at the Granada in Dallas, and he was forced to come up with a statement. With a song like “No Reasons,” though, there’s no reason VEGA shouldn’t be able to put that 15-minutes in the past for this far-more pleasing 4 minutes and 12 seconds:
(Via GvsB
Well Known Pleasures is out 5/19 via Vogue College. Hear more at MySpace. Live, including a return trek to Dallas…
05/14 – Dallas, TX @ The Lounge
05/15 – Springfield, Missouri @ Black Box Revue
05/16 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
05/23 – New York, NY @ Studio B
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oh nos, another tired moonscape, pyramid, rainbow, horizon, sunrise/sunset, mystic astonautical artwork.
Uh ? yeah, because the moon is known for it’s beaches.
Vega is pretty awesome. Check out the songs All Too Vivid and Well Known Pleasures.
I would have just liked them out of spite for Crystal Castles, but this turned out to be a fun French-house-style song anyhow.
Wish I could make that Thursday show in Dallas.
excellent! Texas represent!!!
ken what? this is a pretty great little number
Saw these guys live in Springfield MO, and was blown away. Great sound, and down to earth dudes, def check out this ep