Pleasure Curses are a synthpop/new wave duo comprising of
two guys with three names each: Jahn Alexander Teetsov and Evan Maxwell Grice.
They hail from Washington DC but make music that sounds like it’d fit best in a
Miami nightclub sometime during the 80s. This casingle is part of a larger
project they made outside in a studio outside of Chicago that includes two
corresponding videos and a third song that isn’t on the tape.
“Pure” centers on themes of feeling pure and togetherness
with others. “Lust” is a much more sexual song that has some edge to it.
Teetsov’s vocals are a perfect fit over the on point instrumentation. The two
sides flow cohesively together. Fans of acts like Hot Chip and The Human League
who haven’t already given these guys a chance should do themselves a favor and
pick up a copy of the tape. Even those among us who don’t like those bands
should still give it a try.
Stream all 3 songs from the project including “Concrete” (not
on tape): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jnao80JEIc&list=PL5ICwEsf_17a_f9ta4Z1Nc25RM0Q4AGss
-- Roy Blumenfeld