GRAVE PLEASURES · Plagueboys | BLACK LP

Black vinyl with 4 page booklet and poster.

Background information about 'Plagueboys'

There's something deeply, almost uncomfortably seductive about the apocalypse when Grave Pleasures are the ones providing the soundtrack. Plagueboys isn't just an album — it's a glittering, razor-sharp love letter to the end of days, wrapped in post-punk swagger and delivered with the kind of manic grin you'd expect from a band who've fully embraced the beautiful chaos of existence. Mat McNerney and company have taken everything that made Motherblood such a visceral gut-punch and cranked the dial even further: the hooks are bigger, the grooves are filthier, and the existential dread has never felt so danceable.

From the opening salvo of "Disintegration Girl", the band lurches forward with a sense of urgency that barely lets up across the record's ten tracks. "Heart Like A Slaughterhouse" is an absolute monster of a single — the kind of song that burrows into your skull and refuses to leave, all pulsing basslines and McNerney's unmistakable croon teetering between romantic desperation and outright nihilism. The production, handled with surgical precision, gives every instrument room to breathe while maintaining that claustrophobic tension that makes the band so compelling. "When The Shooting's Done" slows things into a menacing swagger, while "High On Annihilation" delivers exactly what its title promises: a euphoric descent into oblivion. The title track "Plagueboys" feels like a twisted manifesto, an anthem for the doomed generation that somehow makes you want to raise a glass rather than hide underground. By the time the haunting "Tears On The Camera Lens" closes things out, you'll feel like you've been through something — exhausted, exhilarated, and already reaching for the needle to drop it all over again.

For fans of:
Beastmilk, Killing Joke, The Soft Moon, Drab Majesty, Idles

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Track listing

A1. Disintegration Girl
A2. Heart Like A Slaughterhouse
A3. When The Shooting's Done
A4. High On Annihilation
A5. Lead Balloons
B1. Imminent Collapse
B2. Society Of Spectres
B3. Conspiracy Of Love
B4. Plagueboys
B5. Tears On The Camera Lens

Manufacturer: Century Media Records GmbH, Schäferstr. 33a, 44147 Dortmund, Germany, Contact: www.centurymedia.com