{"id":21247,"date":"2016-04-15T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21247"},"modified":"2016-04-14T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T00:26:47","slug":"boyfriends-release-pleasures-new-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21247","title":{"rendered":"Boyfriends release &#8216;Pleasures&#8217; from new 7&#8243;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle feminist-punk band\u00a0Boyfriends\u00a0have released <em>Pleasures<\/em>, which is the third and final single lifted from their new 7&#8243; (out now via Gold Van Records). <em>&#8220;This single is sweet, bombastic and serious &#8211; highlighting that gender is over, if you want it.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Lauren Rearick, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreyestates.com\/blog\/\/mp3-premiere-pleasures-boyfriends?mc_cid=cc84d739ff&amp;mc_eid=53fff058cd\" target=\"_blank\">Grey Estates<\/a>. Take a listen to <em>Pleasures<\/em> via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F255668615&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=a4a09e\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/fe30c7a76e9ceedd6ebd22a3f\/images\/68b8dd6b-2003-4a91-8a7a-16e0a3e2fb97.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0&#8216;I Thought We Had Plans&#8217; b\/w &#8216;Groovy&#8217; &amp; &#8216;Pleasures&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1. I Thought We Had Plans<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2. Groovy<br \/>\n3. Pleasures<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to catch Boyfriends on their East Coast tour with fellow Seattle pop-punks (and their good friends)\u00a0Tacocat:<br \/>\n04\/14 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/16 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/19 Durham, NC @ Pinhook w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/20 Atlanta, GA @ 529 w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/21 Nashville, TN @ Stone Fox w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/22 St Louis, MO @ Billiken Club w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/24 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge w\/ Tacocat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Seattle feminist-punk band\u00a0Boyfriends\u00a0have released Pleasures, which is the third and final single lifted from their new 7&#8243; (out now via Gold Van Records). &#8220;This single <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21247\" title=\"Boyfriends release &#8216;Pleasures&#8217; from new 7&#8243;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30,1907,39],"tags":[56,4457,4463,4614],"class_list":["post-21247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-vinyl","tag-56","tag-boyfriends","tag-gold-van-records","tag-pleasures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/9ac607ee-6cc4-4a76-b05b-9d60249f2fec.jpg?fit=751%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5wH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20736,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20736","url_meta":{"origin":21247,"position":0},"title":"Boyfriends premiere new single &#8216;I Thought We Had Plans&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Seattle's\u00a0Boyfriends\u00a0shared their newest single I Thought We Had Plans with Impose last week. 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