BIO
Pleasure Centre are an alt/art rock quintet from the North Yorkshire coast (Scarborough and Bridlington), forming from a group of childhood friends in late 2019. Now living together in Leeds, the group explores cross-genre soundscapes both on record and onstage, crafting a sound to captivate audiences. From shared and continuous memories of growing up, moving out and navigating the world together; the band crafts songs dedicated to those experiences and emotions. Taking influence from the alt rock movement between the mid 80’s and 90s (think MBV, Slowdive, The Jesus and Mary Chain) mixed with the catalogue of Radiohead and other modern contemporaries like Wolf Alice and BDRMM, the bands material spans across these inspirations, combined with the members’ own individualistic tastes, finding both delicate melodic moments and blissful walls of sound, branching out into ambient electronic corners and back.
The band now has two significant releases, two 5 song EP’s (‘The Weight of it All’, 2022 and ‘Pleasure Centre’,2025) Their latest release the self titled EP, features an eclectic mix of songs diving into many genres with a strong base within Radiohead ask alternative guitar music and shoegaze of the early 90’s.
“Pleasure Centre”
The second Ep
Previous MAterial
LIVE SESSION
Official music video
performance / interview
Previous press and reviews:
" A Stunning example of shoegaze..."
— Jericho Keys (BBC Introducing Yorkshire)
“This is a simply astounding EP of songs that sound like nothing I’ve heard before. This enthralls, it mesmerises, it fascinates. This EP takes you into a world of sonic magic.”
— Local Sound Focus (discussing the debut EP ‘the weight of it all’)
Highlights
PRESS
F Word Magazine, ASBO Magazine, Far Out Magazine, Chalkpit Records (UK), BBC Introducing, Soundsphere magazine, The Great Escape, Launchpad Music, The Sesh Hull plus more across platforms.
RADIO
BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing West Yorkshire, Yorkshire + Humberside (Record of the Week), Amazing Radio UK and US, Jorvik Radio (UK), Byron FM (AUS).
PLAYLISTING
Melomania (Spotify), Student’s Union (Spotify), The Shoegaze Renaissance (Far Out Mag Spotify) Multiple festivals playlists (The Great Escape, Live at Leeds, Bearded Theory), Fresh Gems, New British Rock.
FESTIVALS
Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering (Derbyshire), The Great Escape (Brighton), Live at Leeds, Gold Sounds Festival (Leeds), Inner City Sesh (Hull), Long Division (Wakefield).
LIVE
Touring Support:
ENGLISH TEACHER (8 UK Dates)
DESTROY BOYS(3 UK Dates)
HEADLINE SHOWS
Brudenell Social Club
The Polar Bear
Belgrave Music Hall
SUPPORTS
The Ninth Wave, TTSSFU, Been Stellar, Soft Cult, Deary, LIFE and TRAAMS.
Multiple established and regarded venues including:
Brudenell Social Club, King Tut’s, Lafayette, Gorilla, St. Luke's, Rescue Rooms, The Bullingdon, Scarborough Spa, The Adelphi Club, Belgrave Music Hall, Hyde Park Book Club, The Deaf Institute, The Bread Shed, The Polar Bear, Social Hull.
LIVE SESSIONS
BBC Introducing York and Yorkshire Live session, Young Thugs Live Session, Leeds Conservatoire Crosswire Live Sessions.
FUNDING / SUPPORT
Launchpad Recording and Release Funding, Kycker Support, Come Play with Me Support.