Unbound by place or genre, mercurial, experimental pop duo Soft as Snow (My Bloody Valentine reference?) finds the freedom to intuitively reflect the disarray of human connection with their intricate, shape-shifting pop production. They create their own fantasy world. With each successive release, the duo evolves, unfurling into their poetic sound, now fully realized on their intimate, third full-length album – Metal.wet. The album is released by Portland-based Beacon Sound as a beautiful vinyl.
Soft as Snow exists in a hybrid of deconstructed pop and club culture. Their deeply immersive live shows combine shapeshifting electronic experimentation with multifaceted vocals and alien, warped visuals – creating a world of glitchy, uneasy metamorphosis. If you like the dreamy musical landscape by Angelo Badalamenti, rap-ambient-spoken-word experiments by Dean Blunt, Space Afrika or the lo-fi DIY vibe by Mica Levi (or CURL), try Soft as Snow. In Swine Daily, we love their new album and now, you can check out the new song „Your Love“ below and via our SoundCloud:
The oft-present trappings of male-female duos are eschewed here as the Berlin-based Oda Starheim and Øystein Monsen contribute equally across a canvas of analog synthesizers, samplers, live drums, and processed guitars. At once a part of and yet apart from the zeitgeist, their forward-thinking modernity stretches the limits of expectations across Metal.wet‚s ten insouciant tracks. Fans of Tirzah or Hype Williams will find much to love in this haunting work peppered with ASMR moments and rough sampling wrapped in high production –– twinkling glasses and sirens in the distance, rhythms and voices up front. The result is synth-driven, noisy, and dripping with laidback, confident sensuality.
Foto by: Kika Echeverria
Although Starheim’s voice begins the album in a whisper, it quickly becomes apparent that the group has jettisoned their previous tendency to bury and distort her vocals. Nested in a bed of thorny electronics and broken rhythms, her multifaceted vocals might bring to mind Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead or Hope Sandoval fronting Massive Attack. London MC Brother May (Mica Levi, CURL) makes a well-curated appearance on the ethereal “Whip,” while Øystein’s own voice appears for the first time in a state of languid background haze.
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✦ Foto by: Kika Echeverria (Beacon Sound) / You can follow Soft as Snow on Instagram or support via Bandcamp ✦
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