About Carrie “The Pleasure Routine” 7″

Formed in2012by high school classmates singer and songwriterKevin Sofsrud, guitaristEric McDonald, and bassistKirk Jacobs, mainly influenced byThe Brian Jonestown Massacreand theVelvet Underground, to shift away from their previous punk incarnation,Bay AreasThe Pleasure Routinesoon expanded their ranks with the addition of the imaginative guitaristNathan Tangand soulful vocalistLauren Koppto release their acclaimed debut albumSugar Mountainin2016, with The Brian Jonestown Massacre affiliatedRicky Maymialong with engineerGreg Ashley(Gris Gris) at the production helm.

An intoxicating blend of languid Folk/Country, reverberated Psychedelia and boisterous Indie Rock, deeply rooted in the 60s/70s past, shrouded in the visceral and romantic noir songwriting of Nick Cave or Rowland S. Howard, to create a timeless moody and evocative guitar-driven sound that teeters between haunted introspective ballads and energetic abrasive rocknroll surges, fueled by raw and passionate male/female vocal interplays.