trip up to The Borderline last week saw me seeing Finnish based apocalyptic

post-punks Grave Pleasures who up until the beginning of this year were known

as Beastmilk. However a departing guitarist saw the band adopt a new name and a

new record label in the form of Sony. I did wonder at the bands rational at the

name change as although Beastmilk might not have been a household name the two

gigs I saw them play under that moniker were close to sell outs with the band’s

debut album “Climax” that was released at the tail end of 2013 shifting a

respectable amount of units. Mind you the interest generated by the change of

name and new line-up doesn’t seem to have done the band any harm. In fact I

think it has helped their profile as the sardine conditions at the Borderline laid

testament to. The band is vocalist Mat McNerney, Linnéa Olsson and Juho

Vanhanen on the Guitars, Valtteri Arinoon Bass and drummer Uno Bruinusson. I

get the feeling that if Grave Pleasures had been around at the beginning of the

1980’s every student’s bedroom wall would’ve had their poster cozying up to

that of The Cures and The Banshees. Great stuff.