{"id":36999,"date":"2021-06-16T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36999"},"modified":"2021-06-13T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T12:30:33","slug":"glasgows-soft-riot-announces-second-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36999","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow’s Soft Riot announces \u2018Second Lives\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Glasgow-based, Canadian synth artist\u00a0Soft Riot has announced his ninth and new “compilation” album \u2018Second Lives\u2019. The album will be released via\u00a0Possession Records\u00a0on June 28th\u00a0as a digital release, with limited runs of digipak CDs and cassette tapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been ten years since the first Soft Riot release, the \u2018No Longer Stranger\u2019 EP back in early 2011, making it ten years since Soft Riot has been releasing music. On that touchstone comes \u2018Second Lives,\u2019 a compilation album featuring a collection of eight tracks of previously released tracks from obscure singles on various compilations, re-worked versions of previously released older tracks as well as some new unreleased material.

Originally the concept for such a release was to be a more comprehensive archive of unreleased material that has been collecting over the past decade, including demos, odd bits and other ephemera, \u2018Second Lives,\u2019 sees the release fine-tuned into an album of its own right, focusing on key tracks and bringing out their strengths, updating old tracks \u2014 often ones that are still played out live \u2014 to give them new life and perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rather than being a proper and full new album, this release is a mixture of a number of things. There’s completely new versions of a few old songs from old albums (such as 2013’s\u00a0\u2018Fiction Prediction\u2019), a track intended for a compilation that was never release, and an un-released track of each from previous recent albums\u00a0\u2018When Push Comes To Shove\u2019\u00a0(2019) and\u00a0\u2018Chin Up\u2019 (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s also new versions of two cover songs done by Canadian artists that were originally put out on releases now out-of-print: Lovers In A Dangerous Time<\/em> being the first, by songwriter\u00a0Bruce Cockburn\u00a0from his 1984 album\u00a0\u2018Stealing Fire\u2019\u00a0as well as an interpretation of We Are The Chopped<\/em> originally done by the legendary punk band\u00a0Nomeansno<\/strong>\u00a0from their debut album\u00a0\u2018Mama\u2019\u00a0(1982).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can grab the LP on pre-order now via Bandcamp<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about Soft Riot<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Soft Riot has been described as a synthlord, “master of synths”, and much more. JJD, a mild-mannered graphic designer by day becomes Soft Riot by night \u2014 letting the extrovert within run rampant on stage and in the studio. The Soft Riot stage experience is a solo act, utilizing 2 microphones, three synthesizers, on-stage mixer and a host of pedals & analogue effect units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft Riot a is confirmed for\u00a0Ombra Festival\u00a0in November in Barcelona, and is tentatively exploring touring options in Europe for later in 2021\/2022. Soft Riot is also booked at\u00a0Gothic Pogo Festival\u00a0in Leipzig, Germany\u00a0on June 5th, 2022\u00a0alongside\u00a0Light Asylum\u00a0and\u00a0Tilly Electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coronavirus pandemic put much on hold for performing artists everywhere. For\u00a0Soft Riot, not being able to play live shows gave way to a lot of introspection, and it became quite a prolific time musically. As well as the\u00a0\u2018Second Lives\u2019 album, there is another full album forthcoming likely in early 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Glasgow-based, Canadian synth artist\u00a0Soft Riot has announced his ninth and new “compilation” album \u2018Second Lives\u2019. 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