Soft Action
| Soft Action | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 2, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Studio | Sickroom Studios, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore[1] | |||
| Length | 41:38 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Big Scary Monsters Recording Company | |||
| Producer | Owen Turner | |||
| Other Half chronology | ||||
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Soft Action is the second full-length album by British punk rock group Other Half. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Kerrang! |   [2] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7⁄10[1] |
Writing for Kerrang!, Nick Ruskell calls this music "absolutely fantastic" and writes "Raging, melodic, angular, clever, immediate, furious and joyous, Other Half are a fantastic band"; he scored this release 4 out of 5 stars.[2] At The Line of Best Fit, Adam Wright rated this album a 7 out of 10, calling it a "more carefully crafted sound looks further afield for its inspiration" than their previous release Big Twenty, and praises Cal Hudson's lyrics and Sophie Porter's musicianship in particular.[1] Editors at Stereogum chose this for Album of the Week, with critic Chris Deville stating that the music "is far too visceral and immediate to exist exclusively as an object of retro fascination" with the band's experimentation with post-hardcore conventions and the album "show[s] off some versatility within the relentless barrage".[3]
Track listing[edit]
- "Like a Dog" – 0:39
- "Jollies with the Boys" – 3:05
- "Slab Thick" – 2:57
- "In My Wires" – 3:09
- "Grisly Visions" – 3:00
- "Just a Holiday" – 2:57
- "Losing the Whip" – 2:48
- "All Bets Are Off" – 2:53
- "Doom Logo" – 1:08
- "Who's Got Guts?" – 3:50
- "Every Future" – 3:48
- "Planetary Feeling" – 3:07
- "Ugly Reunion" – 3:09
- "If You Write the Way You Talk" – 5:07
Personnel[edit]
Other Half
- Alfie Adams – drums, artwork
- Cal Hudson – guitar, vocals, artwork
- Sophie Porter – bass guitar, vocals, artwork
Other personnel
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Wright, Adam (2 December 2022). "Other Half: Soft Action Review". Album Reviews. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ a b Ruskell, Nick (1 December 2022). "Album review: Other Half – Soft Action". Reviews. Kerrang!. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Deville, Chris (29 November 2022). "Other Half 'Soft Action' Album Review". Album Of The Week. Stereogum. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
External links[edit]
- Soft Action at Discogs (list of releases)
- Soft Action at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Review from Distorted Sound
