Shame Engine / Blood Pleasure (CD)

The new album from Health&Beauty Shame Engine / Blood Pleasure is their 2nd for Wichita Recordings and the 7th of their career. The recording features a large cast of musicians from the outfits past and its present helping the bands founder and sole constant Brian J Sulpizio achieve his idiosyncratic visiona sound and ethos hes been kicking around, retooling, and finessing for more than 15 years. The new album conveys a directness and scorching power that seems to stem from the bands live performances, whether the harrowing, droning blues of the opener Saturday Night or the soulful Irish-tinged folk-rock of Recourse. The most gripping and satisfying installment in Health&Beautys process yet, renowned Chicago music critic, Peter Margasak, has declared Shame Engine / Blood Pleasure as one of the great rock albums to emerge from Chicago this decade, and its surely one for fans of Jim ORourkes song-based output and The Sea & Cake, as well as appealing to anyone who enjoys Tonights The Night-era Neil Young.

01. Saturday Night 02. Yr Wives 03. Rat Shack 04. Clown 05. Lack 06. Bottom Leaves 07. Judy 08. Escaping Error 09. Recourse 10. Love Can Be Kind

• Format Detail: CD Digipak sleeve
• Format: CD
• Genre: Indie & Alternative