Album Review: The Expendables’ newest album takes you to “Pleasure Point”!
Photo courtesy of Ineffable Music.
No matter where you live, it's clear that summer is upon us and the music scene is in full swing. Santa Cruz’s, The Expendables, decided to participate in the sizzling “summer release” program with their newest addition, “Pleasure Point” via Ineffable Records. A twelve-track, full length album packed with songs relatable to every stage of a relationship, tunes that can give you the steam you need to power on, and even a solid four-twenty anthem (in true Expendables fashion).
Pleasure Point as a whole has a wide variety of styles to offer new and old listeners. Classic love songs of happiness and strong bonds share a space with tracks of love’s end and the pain that follows. Inspirational, motivational and powerful are all words that belong in a review of this album, every song has a message to be absorbed while keeping true to their rocking reggae sound.
“Surfman Cometh” and “Silence Over Sound” will pull the hair-band fan from the depths of you, with layers upon layers of face-melting, soul-wrenching power ballad guitar riffs and strong lyrical content to match. I’m a huge fan of their willingness to throw a six-and-a-half minute track dedicated to emotion filled guitar solos on an album!
After a long, trying day, sometimes you need a little pick-me-up song for the ride home that transports you away to the beach with a cold drink, and a soft-and-pretty by your side. “Sippin On Something” has everything you need to get there ASAP (Jimmy Buffet would fully approve of this tune!). If for some reason that one doesn’t do the trick, cue up “Pass The Joint” and sink back in whatever you're sitting in while you spark your cares away to the summer’s newest “smoke-a-long” song.
There’s a couple easy listening tracks nestled in there to even out the energy of the collection. “Pillars” tells a tale of building strength and overcoming obstacles; when you have strong beliefs, you can weather any storm. The uplifting and gospel stylings of “Best Has Yet To Come” reminds folks that nobody is perfect, and things have a way of getting better with time, just hold on!
The production value of Pleasure Point is top-tier, the songs are well put together and the variety of musical styles contained within are tasteful. The featured artists work very well on the tracks they’re associated with, and give it that sense of community we all love in the reggae world! Give Pleasure Point a stream today!
