The Pleasure Dome Are Lurking “Down The Alley” On New Single & Video

Bristol grunge punk trio The Pleasure Dome have announce that they will release their long-awaited debut album Equinox on the 22nd September via Hound Gawd! Records. Recorded in Wales in February 2023 at the secluded Mwnci Studios over a week, Equinox was produced by Tom Smith, mixed by James Trevascus and mastered by Jack Endino. Alongside the album news, the band have revealed a video for lead single, Down The Alley. The artwork for the new single is a similarly brave gesture from frontman Bobby Spender, who chose to share an intimate self-portrait which echoes the vulnerability of the track. The Pleasure Dome will be on tour in the UK & Europe throughout September & October with tickets for all dates available here.

“The Equinox happens twice a year when the day and night are exactly the same length. It’s the day when winter becomes spring and summer becomes autumn. Pagans celebrate this day and call it Mabon. The song ‘At Dawn’ is where the writing for this album really began—I watched the sunset of the equinox up Glastonbury Tor with an ex and unbeknownst to us when we said goodbye at dawn it would be the last we would see each other as we soon broke up. The life that followed makes up the majority and overall feel of the album. Five songs have been carried through from before that point, but that moment felt like a turning point for me. The idea of duality is found in the title; the dark going turning into the light, all or nothing, rough and smooth, love and heartbreak, the calm and the thunder.” (Bobby Spender)