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:
VEGA - "No Reasons"
(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
