THURSDAY FEB 01, 2018
529 Presents:
529 & Irrelevant Music Present:
Cruise Director
The Pleasure Point
Yams Club | Cosmic Trigger | Rail Gun
Cruise Director
After rummaging through a bunch of actual cruise directors in Atlanta, and realizing that Cruise Director has virtually (pun always intended) no internet presence yet, we realized that that didn’t really matter. Their recently released debut EP, “In The Driveway After It All,” has the strength to stand on its own and draw a sense of curiosity and intrigue from listeners. Cruise Director is comprised of Spencer King, Evan Hynes, Josh Brook, and Andy Harrison. This Georgian gang unsurprisingly rides a solid surf-rock wave behind some of our other Peach State favorites like Govier, New Madrid, and Triathalon. One of all gems on the EP, “Two Story Deck” serves as yet another staple in our summer playlist. A highlighted vocal is instrumentally carried throughout, as the musical magic builds, and then comes to a delicately paced close. Storying a seemingly ideal summer day of swimming in the lake, partying with your friends, and N.W.A.’ing the police, this track is truly telling of the promise and potential Cruise Director has.
Nadine Suleiman / Cereal and Sounds
After rummaging through a bunch of actual cruise directors in Atlanta, and realizing that Cruise Director has virtually (pun always intended) no internet presence yet, we realized that that didn’t really matter. Their recently released debut EP, “In The Driveway After It All,” has the strength to stand on its own and draw a sense of curiosity and intrigue from listeners. Cruise Director is comprised of Spencer King, Evan Hynes, Josh Brook, and Andy Harrison. This Georgian gang unsurprisingly rides a solid surf-rock wave behind some of our other Peach State favorites like Govier, New Madrid, and Triathalon. One of all gems on the EP, “Two Story Deck” serves as yet another staple in our summer playlist. A highlighted vocal is instrumentally carried throughout, as the musical magic builds, and then comes to a delicately paced close. Storying a seemingly ideal summer day of swimming in the lake, partying with your friends, and N.W.A.’ing the police, this track is truly telling of the promise and potential Cruise Director has.
Nadine Suleiman / Cereal and Sounds
The Pleasure Point
"Ask vocalist JayCub Lake (Muuy Biien) when the Pleasure Point was conceived and he’ll obliquely tell you the group has always existed in some “shape or form.” But while that may possibly be true in the abstract philosophical sense, the reality is the trio morphed out of the experimental Athens group CottonMouth whose last release was the 2014 hr ep. Since then, Lake and his Pleasure Point cohorts, bassist Bobbie Rapp (Material Girls) and DJ EA Shorts, have moved to Atlanta and started concocting a hazed-out hybrid of murky hip-hop, smooth funk, contorted pop and whatever else the threesome have discovered swirling around their proverbial kitchen sink. Give a listen to “half-way,” the first single from the trio’s upcoming American Singles, and there’s quite a bit to unpack, a cavalcade of reference points to explore if you so choose (check out that sly slice of West Coast G-funk the follows the chorus). But mostly you’ll discover a steady flow of woozy beats and narcotic grooves that expand, contract, and then dissipate like so much blunt smoke. At times, it’s difficult to decipher whether the group is just goofing on their own version of seductive, late-night R&B, or if everyone is just really faded and reveling in the moment. Truth be told, I’m not sure it matters. Either way, it’s is a spellbinding listen, perfect for early morning smoke sessions or aimless midnight drives. As for the Pleasure Point, it will be interesting to see how the project develops and evolves in 2018. There is the new record to look forward to, of course, and a couple of release shows, but look beyond that and things get a little cryptic, not unlike their music. “we plan to perform!” Lake exclaims over email about the trio’s future plans. “we plan to make u shake ur butts! we hope to help u escape ur bubble and think critically about messaging and perception. are we losing that ability or is it still able to be saved? we don’t have very many answers but we gots lots of questions! just like u!”" -Immersive Atlanta
"Ask vocalist JayCub Lake (Muuy Biien) when the Pleasure Point was conceived and he’ll obliquely tell you the group has always existed in some “shape or form.” But while that may possibly be true in the abstract philosophical sense, the reality is the trio morphed out of the experimental Athens group CottonMouth whose last release was the 2014 hr ep. Since then, Lake and his Pleasure Point cohorts, bassist Bobbie Rapp (Material Girls) and DJ EA Shorts, have moved to Atlanta and started concocting a hazed-out hybrid of murky hip-hop, smooth funk, contorted pop and whatever else the threesome have discovered swirling around their proverbial kitchen sink. Give a listen to “half-way,” the first single from the trio’s upcoming American Singles, and there’s quite a bit to unpack, a cavalcade of reference points to explore if you so choose (check out that sly slice of West Coast G-funk the follows the chorus). But mostly you’ll discover a steady flow of woozy beats and narcotic grooves that expand, contract, and then dissipate like so much blunt smoke. At times, it’s difficult to decipher whether the group is just goofing on their own version of seductive, late-night R&B, or if everyone is just really faded and reveling in the moment. Truth be told, I’m not sure it matters. Either way, it’s is a spellbinding listen, perfect for early morning smoke sessions or aimless midnight drives. As for the Pleasure Point, it will be interesting to see how the project develops and evolves in 2018. There is the new record to look forward to, of course, and a couple of release shows, but look beyond that and things get a little cryptic, not unlike their music. “we plan to perform!” Lake exclaims over email about the trio’s future plans. “we plan to make u shake ur butts! we hope to help u escape ur bubble and think critically about messaging and perception. are we losing that ability or is it still able to be saved? we don’t have very many answers but we gots lots of questions! just like u!”" -Immersive Atlanta