Influenced by bands like Blondie, Modern Lovers, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Alvvays, San Diego’s Soft Lions love blending vintage sounds together with jangly guitars and propulsive percussion to create something fresh. A case in point is the excellent, effervescent psych-pop of Freeway, which is taken from forthcoming album XOXO (out on 28th October). Listen here. Continue reading MM Shorts 880: Soft Lions
Somewhat by happy accident we’ve focused on vintage 60s psych and surf rock today with Jackie Zealous and Best Behaviour, and to prove good things do come in threes, here is another… A couple of years ago we did a short post on San Diego’s Soft Lions, whose own mix of 60s San Francisco pop with noisy garage-guitar driven tracks, gave their songs a definitive West Coast vibe. … Continue reading Soft Lions – Spellbreaker
Soft Lions are a three piece from San Diego (which makes us like them already as I went whale watching in San Diego once and it was fantastic). Fortunately the music, which they describe as both intimate and arty, ranging from minimal and vulnerable to heavy and psychedelic more than passes muster too. They have their first EP, No Peace, scheduled for release in December and … Continue reading MM Shorts 483: Soft Lions
The Mad Mackerel 