SOFT PLAY

An English punk duo with a high-energy style rooted in hardcore, metal, and post-punk, England's Soft Play combines sweaty, mosh-pit aggression with relatable lyrics that reflect social and political disenfranchisement in an increasingly fractured world. Emerging in 2012, the band issued two EPs and three full-length efforts, including 2015's gold-selling Are You Satisfied?, under the Slaves moniker before renaming themselves Soft Play ahead of the release of 2024's Heavy Jelly. The group was formed in 2012 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, by guitarist Laurie Vincent and drum...