American Pleasure Club

Teen Suicide, also known as American Pleasure Club, is an American indie rock band from Baltimore, Maryland.

Teen Suicide/American Pleasure Club
Also known asDumpster (temporary)
OriginBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Genres
Years active2009 (2009)–present
LabelsRun for Cover
Associated actsRicky Eat Acid, Julia Brown, Starry Cat, Us and Us Only
MembersSam Ray
Kitty Ray
Sean Mercer
Nick Hughes
Dan Windsor
Past membersEric "Skiz" Livingston
Caroline White
Brian Sumner
John "J2" Toohey
Alec "Torts" Simke

History

Teen Suicide formed initially as a solo project of Sam Ray in 2009 and released a 2011 compilation, bad vibes forever, which consisted of "early early demos." Soon after this, Eric Livingston joined the band the band making a duo with Ray on vocals, guitar, synthesizers, drum machines, and bass, and Livingston on drums and vocals, occasionally accompanied by various unofficial members such as Alec Simke and Caroline White.

In February of the following year, they released an EP titled DC snuff film. They followed up that EP with a three-song EP titled goblin problems in June 2012.[1] A full-length album entitled waste yrself was also being produced around the same time, but it was left uncompleted. Instead, the tracks intended for release on the album were included as part of the compilation Rarities, Unreleased Stuff, and Cool Things, then released separately shortly afterward.[2] In September 2012, Teen Suicide released their debut full-length album titled i will be my own hell because there is a devil inside my body.[3][4] Around this time, Alec Simke became a full-fledged member of the band. In November 2012, Teen Suicide released another EP titled hymns prior to announcing they were breaking up.[5] They played two more shows in December 2012 and January 2013, then disbanded.

In February 2013, the band released a compilation on Bandcamp titled Rarities, Unreleased Stuff, and Cool Things.[6][7] On the December 27 date of Elvis Depressedly and Crying's tour, the band reformed "on a whim" to play a secret set at the Charm City Art Space in Baltimore.[8] They subsequently reunited to play four reunion shows from February 27 to March 2 with Special Explosion and Sorority Noise,[9] now with a lineup featuring Ray, Simke, John Toohey on guitar, and Brian Sumner on drums.

A new Teen Suicide song entitled "Pavement" was featured on Topshelf Records' 2014 digital label sampler.[10] In January 2015, the band signed to Run for Cover Records to release remastered and expanded editions of i will be my own hell because there is a devil in my body, DC snuff film and waste yrself, with the two latter records being released as a single album.[11]

Although their attitude towards recording and releasing new material was unclear after their reformation, Teen Suicide contributed a new song to Paper Trail Records' Thanks for Listening compilation[12] and released a 7" entitled Sonic Youth on November 6, 2015.[13] However, Sonic Youth is not officially credited to the band. From December 2015 to January 2016, several demos appeared on the band's social media prior to the announcement of their second album entitled It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot, which came out April 1.[14] Although various outlets—including the band's label Run for Cover Records—have referred to the new album as Teen Suicide's final album,[15] the band themselves have announced their new temporary name, "The World's Greatest," "while we figure out what to actually name our new band".[16]

Teen Suicide has since toured twice, once with Say Anything, mewithoutYou, and Museum Mouth, along with a summer tour with Elvis Depressedly and Nicole Dollanganger.

On October 23, 2017 Teen Suicide released a new song called "When You Split the Heart Open" under another temporary name, Dumpster.[17]

On November 19, 2017 Teen Suicide released a new song called "You Call on Me" which also announced their new band name American Pleasure Club.[18]

On December 31, 2017 American Pleasure Club released a new single titled "New Years Eve" and also announced the title of their third album which is A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This. On January 9, 2018 they released a music video for a new song called "Let's Move to the Desert" and they announced the release date of the new album being February 16, 2018. On January 16, they released a third single called "This is Heaven and I'd Die for It" and also released pre-orders on the Run For Cover Records website for the album.

As of 2019, APC released another album, "Fucking Bliss". Sam Ray announced on Twitter that as of October 18, that "the label said we can be Teen Suicide again".

Members

Current

  • Sam Ray – guitar, lead vocals, synths[19] (2009–13, 2013–present)
  • Sean Mercer – drums (2014–present)
  • Nick Hughes – bass (2017–present)
  • Dan Windsor - guitar (2017–present)
  • Kitty Ray - vocals (2018–present)

Former

  • Eric 'Skiz' Livingston – drums (2009–13)
  • Caroline White – viola, backing vocals (2012–13)
  • Alec 'Torts' Simke – bass (2012–13, 2013–2016), guitar (2012)
  • Brian Sumner – drums (2013–14)
  • John 'J2' Toohey – guitar, backing vocals (2013–2016)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes
  • Rarities, Unreleased Stuff, and Cool Things (2013)
  • A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This (2018)[20][21]
  • TOUR TAPE (2018)

Compilation albums
  • Bad Vibes Forever (2011)
  • DC Snuff Film / Waste Yrself (2015)
  • Rarities, B-Sides, Demos, Outtakes, & Secret Songs... 2009-2019 (2019)

EPs
  • DC Snuff Film (2012)
  • Goblin Problems (2012)
  • Hymns (2012)
  • Waste Yrself (2012)
  • Bonus EP (2016)[22]

Singles
  • "Sonic Youth" (2015)
  • "Greatest Trick" (2016)

References
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  2. "Teen Suicide - waste yrself". Sputnik Music.
  3. "Teen Suicide: i will be my own hell because there is a devil inside my body". Portals Music. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. Sacher, Andrew. "Alex G played Knitting Factory, touring with Teen Suicide". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. Lim, William. "New teen suicide EP, band breaks up". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. Moore, Shannon. "Chart Discovery: Milkstains (WRIR), Teen Suicide (WMHC) and WLISPS (WCBN)". CMJ.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Kelley, Quinn. "Teen Suicide's Sam Ray talks signing to Run For Cover Records". Baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  10. "2014 Digital Sampler, by Topshelf Records". Topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  11. Mashurova, Nina. "Run for Cover to reissue remastered Teen Suicide music". Infectious Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  12. "Thanks for Listening, by Paper Trail Records". Paper Trail Records. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  13. "Joy Void #001 - 'Sonic Youth' 7". Joyvoid.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  14. "It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot, by teen suicide". Teensuicide.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  15. "Teen Suicide - It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot". Runforcoverrecords.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  16. "GREATEST TRICK B/W SYCAMORE, by The World's Greatest". Teensuicide.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "american pleasure club (teen suicide) - you call on me". YouTube. 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  19. Kelley, Quinn. "Teen Suicide's Sam Ray talks signing to Run For Cover Records". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2017-12-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. Tok, Bernie Sanders On Tik (24 January 2019). "initially. label asked if they could put it out as a 12" record so we did that, but i wish we hadn't. it was always supposed to be a free mixtape, thats why it was full of songs made out of samples & it had so many styles going on etc". Twitter. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  22. "New Music: Teen Suicide – "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"". Spin.com. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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