Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Soft City - 15 Years

Another new band I discovered via my inbox (thanks Phil!). The Soft City hail from New York and feature current/past members of Ladybug Transistor, Crystal Stilts, Comet Gain and a few others; and their self-titled debut, released just last month, lives up to what you'd expect from a pedigree like that.

Their most distinctive feature is Dora Lubin's clear, strong vocals, which remind me of sort of a cross between Natalie Merchant and Briana Corrigan (best known for her work with the Beautiful South). In fact Dora has such a big voice that at times it threatens to overwhelm the delicate jangly guitar pop behind it, and that could easily have happened if the songwriting wasn't strong enough but for the most part it is.

There doesn't seem to be a proper video for any of the album tracks but here's a live version of one. Check out their Myspace page for more.

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