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Get it into your heads... Or in what little is left of it! we won't slow down for a moment, and you just have to follow us or die trying!!! Wooow, another blast!!! With the unmistakable character of one of the hot spots from the ever fabulous Aussie scene, Perth, and involved in such lapidary bands as Aborted Tortoises and Ghoulies, we can finally bring you PLEASANTS's highly anticipated debut album on the absolutely reliable Under The Gun Records. What could you expect with such a criminal background? Just exactly what you were waiting for! What can you expect with that criminal record? Well, exactly what you were expecting. Unhinged and unleashed Rawk'n'Roll punk garage to keep you jumping and dancing until your head explodes and your brains spill out all over the floor... 2024, What a non-stop year!!!
-Tremendo Garaje
Our take: Debut release from yet another lo-fi Aussie garage-punk group, and while I’d love to tell you this scene has run out of steam, Rocanrol in Mono is very much worth your time. While Pleasants don’t come off as a Ramones-worship group like the Riverdales, the Ramones are a clear influence here, with some vocals adopting a Joey-esque accent (“Takeout Dinner”), lots of blistering 16th notes on the cymbals, and chunky major key riffs (“Home Alone” sounds a lot like the Ramones’ “Pinhead”). Like I said, though, there’s more to Pleasants than that, with mid-paced tracks like “Dead to the World” having a 70s glam feel and poppier songs like “Rubix Cube” reminding me of Cherry Cheeks. The vocals are distorted and buried, leaving most of the big hooks to the instruments, with lead guitar and bubblegummy synth lines vying for the spotlight across the LP. It’s catchy, high-energy music that might appeal to fans of anything from ’77 classics to the 90s Lookout! Records scene to contemporary egg punk, without fitting squarely into any of those styles. Rockanrol in Mono’s emphasis on high energy and big hooks means it’ll appeal to anyone with a pop sweet tooth, and its stylistic range will keep it on the turntable for many plays.