{"id":34004,"date":"2020-04-13T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34004"},"modified":"2020-04-10T08:04:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T12:04:06","slug":"soft-plastics-announce-new-album-5-dreams-share-new-track-rope-off-the-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34004","title":{"rendered":"Soft Plastics announce new album \u20185 Dreams\u2019 + share new track \u2018Rope Off The Tigers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Soft Plastics, is the new music project and inspiration of\u00a0Carey Mercer,\u00a0former songwriter and leader of Frog Eyes. The songs on their forthcoming album,\u00a0\u2018<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlypressedpr.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=848db9d859c7bee4231539531&amp;id=ea866f882e&amp;e=dfabb35b81\" target=\"_blank\">5 Dreams<\/a>\u2019 (Paper Bag Records)\u00a0were written by\u00a0Mercer in the fall and winter of 2018\u20132019, mere months after the dissolution of\u00a0Frog Eyes\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0the band\u00a0Mercer\u00a0shared for eighteen years with\u00a0Mel<em> <\/em>Campbell\u00a0and a rotating cast of musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercer\u00a0along with\u00a0Mel\u00a0Campbell\u00a0and\u00a0Shyla<em> <\/em>Seller\u00a0now compose this new band iteration and musical namesake, Soft Plastics: the name\u00a0carries a tension.\u00a0The sound of the words is sonorous, inviting; but the phrase describes an overwhelming force, a ubiquitous thing used to make so many other things, becoming slowly enmeshed in earth and water, permeating the flesh of living creatures.\u00a0The trio have provide a teaser of what\u2019s to come on \u20185<strong> <\/strong>Dreams\u2019\u00a0with the cerebral,\u00a0<em>Rope Off The Tigers<\/em> and you can check out the lyric video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dAghz6vGm14?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u20185 Dreams\u2018<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a 10 track post-punk, new wave, mariachi, new-wave mariachi, dub, hip hop, goth-rock infused romp, taking cues and according gobs of respect to\u00a0Blixa Bargeld,\u00a0Ryuichi Sakamoto,\u00a0Talk Talk,\u00a0Happy Mondays\u2014all rung through the grime of a northern port city. 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Wyld Thyng&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order\u00a0\u2018<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlypressedpr.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=848db9d859c7bee4231539531&amp;id=aa9f09447a&amp;e=dfabb35b81\" target=\"_blank\">5 Dreams<\/a>\u2019 now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Soft Plastics, is the new music project and inspiration of\u00a0Carey Mercer,\u00a0former songwriter and leader of Frog Eyes. 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