Good synth just brings people together. It’s like bringing a hearty casserole to a dinner party where everybody else made Jello molds and Waldorf salad. At least, maybe that’s how Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall felt when they started making music together as Soft Metals (and consequently fell in love, so the story goes — I know I always get lonely when listening to The Minimal Wave Tapes).
On August 10, Soft Metals are releasing their debut through Captured Tracks, a 12-inch EP entitled The Cold World Melts (aptly named — this stuff is fiery). There are five pulsating, Italo disco-inflected tracks, apparently the first five that the duo has to offer. Their own repertoire may be limited (with boundless influences, as long as it includes analog synth), but that’s not stopping them from going on tour for a few shows in the last warm months of summer. Let’s just hope that this soft metal turns out to be gold.
The Cold World Melts tracklisting:
01. Love or Music
02. The Cold World Melts
03. Voices
04. Métaux Mous
05. Another Goodbye
Tourdates:
08.13.10 - Portland, OR - Holocene
08.29.10 - Portland, OR - Holocene (EP release party)
09.09.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Knockout *
09.10.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Show Cave *
09.11.10 - Mexico City, MX - Yautepec Gallery *
09.23.10 - New York City, NY - The Cake Shop
09.24.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Bruar Falls
* Jewels of the Nile
• Soft Metals: http://www.myspace.com/softmetals
• Captured Tracks: http://www.capturedtracks.com
[Photo: Deneb Catalan]
