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    The Pleasants has a show on 04/28/2012 at 06:30 PM @ Mt Holly Town ... in Belmont, VT http://lnk.ms/bWY2K #concert

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    The Pleasants has a show on 04/27/2012 at 07:00 PM @ Design It Togethe... in Troy, NY http://lnk.ms/bfwgL #concert

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    The Pleasants has a show on 02/17/2012 at 07:00 PM @ Ludlow Town Hall... in Ludlow, VT http://lnk.ms/ZMP1V #concert

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    We are Recording in Vermont. Happy 2012!

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  • Genre: Folk Rock / Grunge / Indie

    Location Boston , Vermont, Un

    Profile Views: 36297

    Last Login: 9/13/2011

    Member Since 1/2/2010

    Website thepleasantsmusic.com

    Record Label DIT Records (US) / Make My Day Records (EU) / Friend Of Mine Records (Japan)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    The Pleasants’ sound inspires images of moss covered forest floors stamped with the forgotten footprints of our own childhood adventures. Their lyrics contain an essence of Calvin and Hobbes casually conveying the common concepts of the universe. As Visions Magazine puts it, “To completely enjoy all of the lyrical finesse of [Forests And Fields] it is best to lean back, and warm your fur like a [Tiger] in the sun relaxing in the leaves of the trees.” With all this attention to nature, it’s not surprising to find that The Pleasants were born in the Green Mountains of Vermont in a town with more deer than people. Despite their natural inclination toward nature, these bucolic anarchist peasants hitch up their wagon for every show, and head straight into the hearts of the machine-made mazes of micro-chip madness we know as cities. The frequent journeys from the 100 Acre Woods to Packingtown, USA have heavily influenced this “haunting music [The Pleasants] have created on their debut album, “Forest and Fields”. (Tip Berlin, Dec ’10) Amanda Rogers and Mike Matta are the adventurous Vegan duo whose blend of musical forces compose The Pleasants’ unique brand of Recession Rock . This dynamic couple was brought together by a number of conveniently cosmic events, with Ms. Amanda Rogers starring as the dogmatic touring songstress and Mr. Michael Matta as an uninhibited impressionable vagabond. At first, these two careless creatures did not create music together. No, they took their time, soaking in all of the strange and beautiful scenarios life presented to them on the road. Once Mike finally picked up the guitar and started singing, Amanda was thrilled, and happily harmonized him from the other room amid her crafting. It was as if these two people were wandering lost in the woods only to find each other and realize that they were singing the same song. With this song recorded, they were suddenly faced with their friends, family, and fans, politely demanding a name put to this “pleasant-smelling meadow music”. (Rolling Stone (DE), Dec ’10) Thus they were deemed, “The Pleasants” and they headed off on their first US tour to promote the DIT Records release of, “Forests And Fields”. They kept the drives short, on average an hour per show, and they found another home away from home in Virginia. Then with the Make My Day Records release of “Forests And Fields” in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland they were met by such widespread media approval that it sparked a buzz that filled and warmed every cold snowy night of The Pleasants 2010 European Tour. “Forests And Fields” was then released in Japan by Friend Of Mine Records. Now with their US and European tours for 2011 currently being booked, and with a new record release planned for sometime around the winter of 2011, The Pleasants will have to be creative in finding time to sew the seeds of this years crop.

  • Members

    The Pleasants are:.. Mike Matta and Amanda Rogers Contact: the band at: thepleasantsemail@gmail.com EU Booking at: Mightytunes / Heiko Wessels info@mightytunes.de US Booking at: D.I.T. / James cotton ditbooking@gmail.com US Record Label: D.I.T. Records ditbooking@gmail.com EU Record Label: Make My Day Record contact@makemydayrecords.de Japan Record Label: Friend Of Mine Records info@friendofminerecords.com

  • Influences

    Calvin and Hobbes

  • Sounds Like

    Elliot Smith, The Beatles, Neil Young, Bright Eyes, Iron and Wine, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, The Sketchy Indians, The Zombies, Nirvana, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Mamas and Papas, The Shins, The Violent Femmes, Johnny Cash, CSNY, Simon and Garfunkel

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