"THOUGH it's highly unlikely that Bo Diddley ever hung out with Sid Vicious, their ghosts share the room when Marfa, Texas outfit The Pleasures of Merely Circulating plug in their amps. Just a trio, their sound is kinetic, freewheeling, and a little bit dangerous." -- Local IQ 2/21/07
Garage rock? Post-Punk? Pre-post-post? #$&%!?? The Pleasures of Merely Circulating are a female-fronted trio that is FAST, POWERFUL & DELICIOUS. In previous lives, drummer Robert Halpern made a living playing the Texas dancehall circuit, bassist/songwriter Chris Cessac played bluegrass and wrote a book that won a national award for poetry, and guitarist/vocalist Jeanne Sinclair secretly mastered most of the Robert Johnson catalog. In this life, they've come together to conquer the world as The Pleasures of Merely Cicrulating.
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The Pleasures are working in the studio right now recording material for their debut full-length release.
FAST, POWERFUL & DELICIOUS
"THOUGH it's highly unlikely that Bo Diddley ever hung out with Sid Vicious, their ghosts share the room when Marfa, Texas outfit The Pleasures of Merely Circulating plug in their amps. Just a trio, their sound is kinetic, freewheeling, and a little bit dangerous."
-- Local IQ 2/21/07
Garage rock? Post-Punk? Pre-post-post? Screw labels. Don't know and we don't care. The Pleasures of Merely Circulating are a trio based in Marfa, Texas. A happy contradiction of golden throat and violent guitar, with a rhythm section schooled in, well, everything. In previous lives, drummer Robert Halpern made a living playing the Texas dancehall circuit, bassist/songwriter Chris Cessac played bluegrass and wrote a book that won a national award for poetry, and guitarist/vocalist Jeanne Sinclair secretly mastered most of the Robert Johnson catalog on her acoustic guitar. In this life, they have come together to conquer the world as The Pleasures of Merely Circulating.
"I immediately fell in love with the band...."
--Punk Chick Radio 1/3/07
"Raw but still tuneful garage punk-y rock -- think The Jam's angrier bits plus nicely sneering female vocals, or maybe the Eyeliners with more sarcasm."
--Space City Rock 1/26/07
"Catchy songs...inspired by the likes of The Stooges, Husker Du, Mike Watt and Bo Diddley."
--The Listening Post (El Paso Times) 1/24/07
"This female-fronted trio from Marfa, Texas, delivers garage punk that's raw yet very melodic on this four-song EP. Loud, fast rules, but the tight rhythm section keeps the
proceedings from careening off the disc."
--Albuquerque Tribune 2/16/07
"It's obvious that the most striking part of the band's sound is Sinclair's voice. Not many people can manage to pull off a haunting delivery while singing fast, punk-style lyrics, but she pulls it off nicely."
--New Mexico Daily Lobo 2/20/07