This is the band's second full-length album for Mexican Summer, it will be out on October 26, and is a raucous, splintering dispatch from New York City, animated by the madcap ingenuity of a foursome finding a palpable sense of joy and play in expressions of caustic, black humor. Like the contradiction of the album title, which references our acceptance of everyday miseries, it’s a slew of dichotomies, a frenzied cutup. It’s bleeding saxophone and lustrous feedback sounding somehow pastoral, and winking hooks subtly infused with venom.
Pill resent complacency, whether in political or creative senses. “For me this band’s about being provocative with sound,” said saxophonist Benjamin Jaffe. Drummer Andrew Spaulding said the album title, Soft Hell, critiques the “work-to-play” cliché of New York life, with its breakneck, competitive pursuit of comfort. Torres added that it evokes sexual bondage, describing Soft Hell as a reference to the cyclical monotony of humans harming one another.
They play post-punk, maybe no wave, mostly insofar as the terms are far-reaching creative passports.
Pre-order the album here, check out the tracklist and the video for their new single "Fruit", below.
Soft Hell Tracklist:
01. A.I.Y.M
02. Dark Glass
03. Fruit
04. HAHA
05. Sin Compromiso
06. Soft Hell
07. Softer Side
08. Double Think
09. Midtown
10. Plastic
11. Power Abuser
12. OK
01. A.I.Y.M
02. Dark Glass
03. Fruit
04. HAHA
05. Sin Compromiso
06. Soft Hell
07. Softer Side
08. Double Think
09. Midtown
10. Plastic
11. Power Abuser
12. OK
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