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| Soft People | Track Premiere Soft People (USA), is releasing today lead single "22 Lunes". The song is excerpt from their upcoming Album "Absolute Boys", due October 2020 via Sandwich Kingdom. 100% of sales via Bandcamp will be donated to Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. /// STREAM NOW 22 LUNES VIA: — EL ENANO RABIOSO (ES) — IMPATTO SONORO (IT) — POP MONITOR (DE) — CHAOS MUSIC MAGAZINE (NL) — GLAM MAGAZINE (PT) — MANIFESTO XXI (FR) ABOUT THE BAND Soft People's music is transcendental and important; glittery and rough-spun; weaving together the varying – and often seemingly opposing – influences of its two founding members like stitches over an open wound. John Metz and Caleb Nichols met in 2009 as members of the band Grand Lake, not long after Nichols left his previous project Port O'Brien. Shortly thereafter, the two began dating; now, they've been married for six years. ABOUT THE SINGLE Soft People takes a risk with 22 Lunes, the lead single from their upcoming album "Absolute Boys", itself the follow-up to 2017 debut "American Men". The unambiguously queer duo continue to explore gender and masculinity, placing queer love stories at the forefront of sonic landscapes in ways that remain nonetheless universal. Rather than releasing a more conventional indie pop song, Soft People leads this album cycle with a decidedly deep cut: a spoken word poetry piece set to sharply slapping beats, anchored by the strange sounds of midi Tuba and Clarinet. The incisive listener will appreciate the form and content of Nichols' words, and even the less-astute will easily find something to adore within the finished product. It's plainly evident in all songs from their upcoming album "Absolute Boys", but it sits perhaps most readily apparent in lead single "22 Lunes, " which, as the title suggests, is comprised of a series of lunes (a type of poem similar to a haiku) set in sequence, designed to capture the influence of the queer poets Nichols admires like Carl Phillips, Chen Chen, and Tommy Pico. The story is grand and simple – two men share a moment that goes beyond friendship, but it's just a moment, stretched nonetheless over an arc that simply asks: what's next? How do we navigate through this now? Nichols looks outward to gaze inward, presenting his soliloquy in graceful tersets, set to striking beats and synthesizers that simultaneously thunder and sparkle. The single is being released by label Sandwich Kingdom, based in San Luis Obispo, CA and the band is donating 100% of digital sales via Bandcamp to Black Lives Matter Los Angeles (https://www.blmla.org/). They are also donating 100% of profit from physical merchandise. The single is being released digitally and as a limited edition 8x8 chapbook which features the 22 stanzas of the poem set beautifully together with paintings by Noah Kwid. write your comments about the article :: © 2020 Jazz News :: home page |