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Soft Hell

Pill

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Format: LP

Cat No: MEX2511

Release Date:  26 October 2018

Label:  Mexican Summer / Kemado

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  184923125122

Genres:  Rock  

Release Date:  26 October 2018

Label:  Mexican Summer / Kemado

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  184923125115

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    Soft Hell, Pill's second full-length album, 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 humour. 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's lyrics are severe and funny, cryptic and straightforward, but never didactic. They reliably interrogate power. Vocalist and bassist Veronica Torres, a poet and visual artist, has cited as influences J .P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and Ian Svenonius, apt references for her wildly expressive range. Atop the clattering rush of opener "A.I.Y.M." she uses an ambiguous narrator to complicate gendered stereotypes, while "Fruit," a coolly pulsing vamp, explores the paralysis of political anxiety. "What am I allowed to create or destroy?" she asks in "Power Abuser," highlighting the inanity of needing to ask for permission.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" cliche 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.

    Description

    Soft Hell, Pill's second full-length album, 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 humour. 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's lyrics are severe and funny, cryptic and straightforward, but never didactic. They reliably interrogate power. Vocalist and bassist Veronica Torres, a poet and visual artist, has cited as influences J .P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and Ian Svenonius, apt references for her wildly expressive range. Atop the clattering rush of opener "A.I.Y.M." she uses an ambiguous narrator to complicate gendered stereotypes, while "Fruit," a coolly pulsing vamp, explores the paralysis of political anxiety. "What am I allowed to create or destroy?" she asks in "Power Abuser," highlighting the inanity of needing to ask for permission.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" cliche 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Softer Side
      • 2. Double Think
      • 3. Midtown
      • 4. Plastic
      • 5. Power Abuser
      • 6. OK

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Softer Side
      • 2. Double Think
      • 3. Midtown
      • 4. Plastic
      • 5. Power Abuser
      • 6. OK