New Music From The Soft Pack
The Soft Pack Takes HEAVE down 'Mexico' way.
Could it be? A refreshing new band not based in Brooklyn? Hard to imagine, but irony and shabby hygiene can be a bi-coastal event too. You might remember The Soft Pack when they were called The Muslims. The ominous band name was changed after it was decided that tightening Middle America's colon wasn't important as making money.
The self-titled debut album from The Soft Pack promises to be one of my favorites of 2010 - and probably one of the more overlooked. Mostly because they sound like the whimsical spawns of a one-night stand with Jonathan Richman, and it's high time he got some form of validation.
Found deep within the album, "Mexico" is a lazy stroll of a song drenched in shores of reverb and "woe is me" lyrics. The Soft Pack will be available February 2nd via Kemado Records.
Posted by Joe Roth on Jan 13, 2010 @ 9:10 am
