Young Gun Silver Fox - Pleasure

Released 2nd May 2025

SK says: 'Drawing elements of Chicago, Greg Phillinganes and Little River Band into Andy Platts & Shawn Lee's already refined blend of Hall & Oates blue-eyed soul, the acoustic funk of Ned Doheny and Michael McDonald-era Doobies piano bounce. Arranger Nicol Thomson's (Lee's collaborator in the instrumental funk outfit Superhighway Band) Earth, Wind & Fire horns elevate a number of tracks on an uptempo and, as the title suggests, hedonistic album which ranks as the best yet from modern yacht rock's premier firekeepers.'

Taking their name from Andys standing as youngest band member and Shawns resplendent silver locks, the duo bond over a shared love of the smooth sounds of 70s pop-soul and Ned Doheny, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan.

Pleasure took on a different and more personable recording process, after four albums with both musicians laying down ideas in their own studio