Pretty Bitter: Pleaser - VINYL LP

Pretty Bitter: Pleaser - VINYL LP

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Title:

Pleaser

Artist:

Pretty Bitter

Label:

Tiny Engines

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

634457221086

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2025-11-07

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

COLORED VINYL-BLUE-YELLOW-SPLATTER

Mainstays of the D.C. DIY scene, Pretty Bitter live up to their name. Masters of all kinds of dissonance, they juxtapose stories of haunting and heartbreak with dazzling pop-rock arrangements. Pretty Bitter makes music that gets the emo kids dancing. They're unafraid to infuse their blistering breakdowns with hits of disco and synthpop-and that's exactly what they've done on Pleaser, their sophomore album, co-produced by Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It., Pet Symmetry) and Simon Small (Strawberry Boy) and out July 25th, 2025 via cult favorite indie label Tiny Engines. Following a string of ethereal singles, their 2022 debut Hinges formally introduced Pretty Bitter and their dreampunk to a rapidly growing audience. Fearlessly led by Mel Bleker and sharing studio and touring members with D.C. punk all-stars Ekko Astral, Pretty Bitter has been embraced by DIY fans far and wide. On Pleaser, Pretty Bitter have amped up the drama of their lush arrangements-a match made in heaven for the emotional ferocity of Bleker's lyricism. If everything is out there, nothing's embarrassing, they sigh on I Hope You Do, expertly toeing the line between the personal and the universal over bright, bubbling synths. On the arresting closer Outer Heaven, Bleker sings Time isn't a lover in the way it likes to play / I'm getting older, every due I pay / Time isn't a bandage in the way you always say / I won't be abandoned by myself again this way. Their observational, heart-on-sleeve songwriting is as effortless as their flittering between the jangly, dreamy inclinations of rock, pop, and folk. Pleaser is a triumph, an instantly lovable record that reveals just how bright Pretty Bitter's future is.

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