With all of the gravitas of a Nick Cave duet, Pleasure Seroussi struck each nerve within the launch of Sleepless Lullaby. The folks-turned-pop-rock ballad excels at broadsiding you when you’re caught off-guard, particularly while you hear the opening lyric, “I’m floating like an angel, yeah feeling like a creep” – a line that burrows deep below the pores and skin. On this darkish people dream, non secular iconography lingers and rings towards post-punk tinged guitars, conjuring an environment the place influences comparable to Cohen are transcended altogether.
The actual magic of Sleepless Lullaby is the way it creates a vignette of duality – by no means settling for the knee-jerk pull in the direction of shadows, however embracing the sunshine and darkness that lives inside us all. Relatively than posturing, the duo concentrate on the nuanced interaction of their influences and their very own lived experiences, permitting the observe to change into a tour de gothic pressure that feels very important and unforced.
Drawing from the lived tales of Pleasure Seroussi – a father of three who splits his life between Tel Aviv and Plomari, solely just lately getting into songwriting after many years of music as a listener and dancer – the observe wears its coronary heart and knowledge on its sleeve. Since 2022, Seroussi has poured his life’s ups and downs into his music, pulling inspiration from legends like Dylan, Cohen, Lennon, Cat Stevens, and Nick Cave. With 5 recordings to his title, his craft is each a type of self-therapy and a storytelling vessel, delivered in a language and magnificence that refuses to play for mainstream affection however as an alternative seeks resonance with those that perceive the necessity for catharsis.
Sleepless Lullaby is now accessible on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast
