{"id":32754,"date":"2019-10-31T19:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T23:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32754"},"modified":"2019-10-29T08:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:24:39","slug":"soft-riot-returns-with-dance-manifesto-when-push-comes-to-shove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32754","title":{"rendered":"Soft Riot returns with dance manifesto &#8216;When Push Comes To Shove&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;When Push Comes To Shove&#8217; is the seventh studio album by synth-punker Soft Riot, the stylized musical alter-ego of Glasgow-based Canadian artist JJD (formerly of Radio Berlin, A Luna Red, PR1M35, etc.). The LP is set for release on November 11, 2019. Resonating with references from all corners of synthpop&#8217;s origin (DAF, Fad Gadget and John Foxx to name a few), Soft Riot&#8217;s latest release nonetheless manages to retain its own individual voice, melding and reinterpreting its antecedents with a personal twist and an impressive demonstration of synth-craft and programming. You can take a listen to \/ buy the album via Bandcamp. <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=480338872\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><br>On the heels of 2018&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;The Outsider in the Mirrors,&#8217; the eight tracks on &#8216;When Push Comes To Shove&#8217; represent a change in themes and an evolution in production and sound. The forthcoming single and album opener <em>Taking The Edge Off<\/em> sets out the Soft Riot manifesto, a propulsive future-synth tale of forging ever-forwards in an increasingly noisy world. <em>It&#8217;s No Laughing Matter<\/em> is a hedonistic yet propulsive dance-floor slammer \u2014 shades of minimal synth and metallic Belgian new beat condense inside one closer <em>Fate&#8217;s Got A Bone To Pick With You<\/em> and the dizzying italo-matic muscle workout <em>Don&#8217;t Get Yourself Bent Out Of Shape<\/em> is the ultimate self-help smack down.<br><br>The tracks were all composed in an extended hiatus from live performance between November 2018 and January 2019; a deliberate move on the part of JJD in order to foster a more focused creative atmosphere and allow for the writing process to have a more intuitive flow. This also allowed for a deeper exploration of sound design of his equipment, with this release utilizing a range of different synths, something that reflects in the depth and richness of the new album&#8217;s sounds.<br><br>This change in JJD&#8217;s approach also impacts the thematics of his writing. As JJD says himself <em>&#8220;I feel real life over this decade has gotten a bit stranger than fiction&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 speculative preoccupations of isolation and paranoia have taken on a more personal dimension in his lyrics. There&#8217;s tales of alien visitors who fall to the trappings and joys of humanity while on a mission (<em>By The Skin Of Your Teeth<\/em>) to topics less cosmic and more close to home, such as the uplifting emotions one feels within a gathering of friends with the third track, <em>The Lost Weekend<\/em>. The outcome has been a sideways step into more new wave pop aesthetics, and a looser sound (underpinned by the warmth of the production).<br><br>This, overall, makes the album groove into a more dance-floor orientated full sound, thawing some of the cold-wave angularity\u00a0&#8216;The Outsider In The Mirrors&#8217;.<br><br>Soft Riot has previously released six studio albums, including a wide range of remixes for other artists including Lebanon Hanover, Keluar, Celebration and Attrition. He is also regularly touring the European underground synth\/wave\/post-punk circuit and sometimes beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8216;When Push Comes To Shove&#8217; is the seventh studio album by synth-punker Soft Riot, the stylized musical alter-ego of Glasgow-based Canadian artist JJD (formerly of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32754\" title=\"Soft Riot returns with dance manifesto &#8216;When Push Comes To Shove&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Soft Riot returns with dance manifesto 'When Push Comes To Shove'","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,28,30],"tags":[8666,8667,8665],"class_list":["post-32754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-soft-riot","tag-synthpunk","tag-when-push-comes-to-shove"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4e4ee9cf-40f4-464b-a208-fad3d0ca335d.jpg?fit=1909%2C1272&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8wi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36999,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36999","url_meta":{"origin":32754,"position":0},"title":"Glasgow&#8217;s Soft Riot announces \u2018Second Lives\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Glasgow-based, Canadian synth artist\u00a0Soft Riot has announced his ninth and new \"compilation\" album \u2018Second Lives\u2019. 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