MWMF LAUNCH EVENT

The Pleasures @ Beleura

The Pleasures are a new band fronted by Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan. Formed in 2022, their first three singles received heavy rotation on local and national radio, and their debut record The Beginning of the End (released in August 2023) debuted at #2 on the Official ARIA Country Charts, spent 12 weeks in the Americana Music Association Albums charts and scored the band two nominations for the 2024 Golden Guitars Australian Country Music Awards before giving a standout performance at the awards ceremony!

No shrinking violets, The Pleasures’ sound is raucous, dirty and blues-inspired (occasionally interrupted by delicate moments of sublime country-folk), whilst their subject matter leaps from bold and bawdy to heartfelt and insightful.

They call themselves a country band, but there’s as much Jack White influence here as there is George Jones (in fact there’s plenty of both), alongside the plethora of mythologised girl-boy country acts with whom they will inevitably draw comparison. If you get the feeling these guys have drawn upon every debaucherous night out, self-inflicted wound, bleeding heart and broken bone to come up with this noise, you’d be absolutely right.

They’ve been touring their record, The Beginning of The End, across the United States to great acclaim, so experiencing this in the Pavilion at Beleura will be something particularly special.

“Powerful songwriting at it’s best – you don’t need to love Country Music to feel this one, you just need a heart” – Richard Vaudrey Independent Music

“A classic duets album where love isn’t merely dangerous, but it should be illegal in every state” – Bernard Zuel Rhythms Magazine