Canadian duo
Softcult are wasting no time. Since the release of last year’s ‘
Year of the Rat’, their world has been building through the use of zines and community, and they continue the musical side with ‘
Year of the Snake’. Still embracing those dark, feather-light pop jams with a gnarled twist, they’re not slowing down for their second outing.
Kicking off with the raging ‘
BWBB’, it’s these moments that tear through the hazy mist that offer the most promise and give a bite to the tracks that bark. Also finally housing their now infamous track ‘
Uzumaki’ (after its tearing apart last year thanks to its similarity to Loathe’s ‘Two Way Mirror’), the time to reflect and reimagine has given a new lease to a cut that was already a lush heart-on-sleeve joy and also gives new meaning to the anxiety-ridden track while the closing white noises see this new year out.
