The past week or so has mostly been spent listening to Pleasure, the debut album from Austin troupe Pure X which starts out a bit Bongo Brothers before quickly settling into a hazy slumber of fuzzed out riffs and bewitchingly foggy melodies augmented by the fragile vocal turn from Nate Grace.

Such has been the effect of the ten track set, I swiftly made up the expression smudging out to fully covey the listening experience. It’s pretty much another gold star on the CV of bitcoin obsessed Acephale imprint.

Check out “Dry Ice” for a wee taste of how it all unfolds.

Download: Pure X – Dry Ice

Pleasure is released on August 22 with the first pressing limited to 1000 copies. Adhering to the usual high Acephale standards, the LP will arrive at Rough trade East splayed across heavyweight vinyl and housed in a sleeve with a foil cover.