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Someone on Reddit posted an unreleased recent track the other day

Posted by Paul C (@paulc) on June 16, 2025, 4:49 a.m.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thebeachboys/comments/1l9tpid/unreleased_brian_wilson_song/

Not sure when it dates from, but as it’s a collab it’s probably from the No Pier Pressure sessions. Actually half decent, I like the instrumental break. Sounds sort of like Weezer though.

One thing I only learned recently is that Brian wanted to do a charmingly dopey sounding rock opera called “Pleasure Island”:


“I’m working on a new album now,” he says later, as we get near his house. “It’s called Pleasure Island: A Rock Fantasy. It’s about some guys who took a hike, and they found a place called Pleasure Island. And they met all kinds of chicks, and they went on rides and — it’s just a concept. I haven’t developed it yet. I think people are going to love it” it could be the best thing I’ve ever done.”


I wonder how far he actually got with that.

The subject matter isn’t exactly a stretch for him, he could’ve drafted in Van Dyke Parks to write some interludes to the No Pier Pressure tracks, Lucky Old Sun style, and called it a concept album. I think he said he wanted to make a rock n roll album as well.

This kind of stuff is what makes me doubt Brian really gave a shit about sober stuff like reworking Gershwin or putting out albums of solo piano pieces. He was a silly man at heart!