The Pleasure Dome return announcing Liminal Space EP Out May 10th via Hound Gawd! Records

Today marks the return of Welsh-born, Bristol rockers The Pleasure Dome. Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Equinox, the band share details from their forthcoming EP Liminal Space and present their first single “The Duke Part II (Friends and Enemies)”.

 A liminal space is representative of a transitional setting, a period between point A and point B, a well-suited title for a body of work to succeed the release of the band’s debut album Equinox and proceed a future project. This title however is about more than just the transition between first album and second, but captures a particularly difficult moment in time for the band. Directly after a successful tour, and a strongly received album came the departure of both the band’s drummer and the band’s bassist. Adding insult to injury, the remaining member of the band, songwriter, vocalist and guitar player Bobby Spender then had a romantic relationship come to an end, finally the nail in the coffin was getting evicted from his home, all within the space of a few months. 

Instead of losing himself in thoughts of what could have been, Spender wasted no time in putting his emotions into his craft, creating a selection of songs illustrative of this particularly torturous time in life. “The songs on the EP felt like they belonged together. It didn’t feel right to save them for our next album” says Spender, and hence Liminal Space was born.

The band was reformed with a fresh line-up, recruiting Loz Fancourt (bass and backing vocals) and Harry Flowers (Drums) and hit the studio in January 2024 bringing the therapeutic creation to life. Wanting to build on the foundations of the first record while still intending to make something challenging and new, the band recorded this EP with former collaborator, and producer of their debut record Equinox; James Trevascus. Trevascus’ former credentials include Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Billy Nomates, Beak>, RVG, and The KVB. Combining Trevascus’ wealth of experience with a repertoire formed of the most burdensome of confessions, The Pleasure Dome have created what could be their most emotive and ambitious project to date.

Speaking on the single The Duke Part II (Friends and Enemies), vocalist and songwriter Bobby Spender had this to say: I work in a pub alongside doing the band, sometimes it gets me down. You see people you like, people you don’t like and they’re all getting drunk and it’s easy to feel lost if you’re going through a hard time. The song has a message of hope, sometimes where you are is exactly where you need to be.

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