What a Pleasure (EP)

What a Pleasure is the first EP from American indie rock band Beach Fossils released on March 8, 2011, through Captured Tracks.

All of the songs on What A Pleasure were written and composed by Dustin Payseur, with contributions from bassist John Peña, as well as Jack Tatum of the band Wild Nothing.

In a positive review, Martin Douglas of Pitchfork noted the contributions from bass player John Peña are evident in the songwriting, comparing it to their eponymous debut album which was written entirely by Dustin Paysuer.

On certain songs, the bassline provides much of the instrumental melody during the verses, which spreads things out a little, but oses some of Payseur's compositional flair in the process."

He concluded his review of the album with "It'll be interesting to see where Beach Fossils go from here, because What a Pleasure is the type of release that shows they're talented, but still have a little work to do fully capitalize on it.