Post-Rock Jazz from the depths of Melbourne’s leafy suburbia, Soft Power was formed in mid-2016 by Australian guitarist and composer Matthew Roche. After a sold out debut album launch in 2017 with A Breath Is Like A Swinging Door , and joined by new band mates Oscar Neyland (The Rookies) and Chris Cameron (Acolyte) , Soft Power return to launch their sophomore album Easy Listening.
Recorded live in just one day, Easy Listening captures the band at their most playful and relaxed; cutting a broad path through slow-moving songs and harmonic landscapes that verge on post-rock, pop and cinematic ambient music. It is undoubtedly jazz-tinged, but also vulnerable, genderless, dorky, kitsch, un-showy and meditative.
Engineered and mixed by Myles Mumford at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Melbourne, October 2017
Mastered by Adam Dempsey at Jack The Bear's Deluxe Mastering, Melbourne, January 2018
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