Hotly tipped Los Angeles act The Soft Pack have confirmed that they are set to release their debut album next year.
Some band names are offensive. Polite souls may baulk at shelves filled with LPs by Holy Fuck, Fuck Buttons and the like. But it takes a group of hardy souls to name themselves after an entire religion.
The Muslims burst out of Los Angeles with a stunning stage show and material that veered from all out brutality to soothing melody. A stunning performance at CMJ saw the band snapped up by a major label, but soon a snag emerged.
With a potentially offensive name the band swiftly re-emerged as The Soft Pack. Losing no time in heading back out on the road, it seems that the group have also managed to lay down their debut album.
Working with producer Eli Janney – once of dearly loved Girls Against Boys – the band secluded themselves away in New York. Speaking to the NME guitarist Matty McLouglin claimed that it was a match made in heaven.
“Eli was a perfect producer choice, he comes from that DC punk background, but he’s also being in a band who were pretty poppy, they were sort of like a next Nirvana kind of thing in the ’90s.”
“He understood both ends of the spectrum. We do write pop songs but we come from more of a punk background and he made sure we didn’t sound cheesy or lame. We just wanted a better fidelity, like Iggy Pop on ‘New Values’.”
The band have moved on since they were named The Muslims. The Soft Pack have matured, leaving only one track from their former incarnation. “‘Parasites’ is the only song that’s been out before, everything else is new,” said McLoughlin.
The Soft Pack are set to release their self-titled debut album on February 1st. Tracklisting is as follows:
‘C’mon’
‘Down On Lovin”
‘Answer To Yourself’
‘Move Along’
‘Pull Out’
‘More Or Less’
‘Tides Of Time’
‘Flammable’
‘Mexico’
‘Parasites’
