Pre Pleasure trades Crushing's narrative arc for a mosaic
Yes, they’re sequenced quite differently.
Crushing follows a linear emotional story. It opens with the anxious longing of “Body” and ends with the exhausted relief of “Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You.” Each track builds on the last, like chapters in a relationship autopsy. You can feel the arc — infatuation, tension, breakup, aftermath.
Pre Pleasure throws that out. It jumps from the defiant bite of “Lydia Wears a Cross” straight into the gentle confession of “Love, Try Not to Let Go.” There’s no clear timeline. It’s more like a mood board: shame, desire, anger, memory all