First of all I will start by getting one particular issue out of the way first. I didn't want this to end up being the focus of the article, although I imagine it has become that very problem for so many. The quartet in question hail from San Diego, previously this band went by the name of The Muslims - shock horror! think of the controversy, the political correctness, they must be racist right? yeah either that or terrorists? ohhh who knows, what a nerve they have! cheeky bastards...blah blah blah. Who gives two flying fucks about that? Well, people who want to create something out of nothing I would imagine, Oh and the Guardian Newspaper who spent almost three paragraphs jabbering on about the bands old name and only one on their actual music, priorities in order then chaps? Good to know, anyway…
The four-piece now live in LA, a pilgrimage taken by many in the past, searching for that romantic rock and roll odyssey in a big city that can drop you into the grimy gutter just as quickly as it's elevated you to the heavens of musical fantasy...
What the Soft Pack do is pretty darn fun. The San Diego tearaways are taking their rock and roll back to basics. Stripped down, scuzzy riffs that pack and short, sharp punch. A little bit Vines-like in parts, specifically in 'Call It A Day', the Soft Pack have taken a simple and ultimately effective route with tinny guitars and a rough-around-the-edges approach.
'Right And Wong' sounds like it could have been on the Kings Of Leon's first album, minus Caleb's unique vocals obviously. A head-bobbing, trailer twang it too keeps the instrumental construction relatively simple leaving crackly and unpolished results. Every now and then the dirty riffs go a little garage-rock and although they're at times predictable, it's solid indie-rock they're making, and predictable or not, it's fucking fun.
For fans of Iggy and The Stooges you may enjoy this back to basics, stripped tactic, for fans of The Strokes you may enjoy the slightly-more dirty approach to rock and roll and for everyone in between you might just like the fact that their music is not safeguarded by any stylistic novelties that try to embellish any non-existent attributes. What you hear is what you get with The Soft Pack, and I like what I hear!
Download The Soft Pack - Right And Wrong
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