Soft Targets
Go hunchback or don't go at all
You sort of have to wonder what possessed them to name a gunship the U.S.S. Hunchback. Seriously. The U.S.S. Hunchback? That takes some of those proverbial balls to name a ship as such and not be concerned that people will believe it to be the gimp of the Navy. Or that it will have to leave combat during the evening to to ring the church bells in time for vespers.
I guess sometimes it’s just a question of doing your own thing instead of worrying what others are up to. It’s kind of that feeling I get when listening to Soft Targets, who don’t seem really preoccupied by what everyone else is scrambling together to gain attention. They rather seem interested in developing their own crisply textured music of pristine sonorous quality, which then successfully imbues the end result with a certain timelessness instead of a flavour-of-the-moment gloss. When listening to Something Else it’s easy to be struck by their delicate, sure-handed guitar licks, guiding the unassuming melody throughout a range of pop structures, finding its nature both in mellow 1970s softness and elevating folk mellifluousness. Singer Jesse Corry’s wintry voicework takes centre stage, punctuated by high-range harmonies which are cool and breezy, accompanied by refreshing synth keys which roll brightly into existence.
Which, you could say, means they’re marching to the beat of their own hunch. HA
MP3: Soft Targets - Something Else
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