Ample Play would like to introduce The Soap Opera.  Always the different kids of Western France, comprising of members of Sudden Death of Stars and the Spadassins, they consist of a cape crusading poet, a secondhand bookseller, a bespectacled engineer and a level-headed drummer.

The result is great indie pop reminiscent of Arthur Lee's Love of the 1960s and the C86 sound of the 80s, with touches of the Brazilian Tropical in places, greatly illustrated by this two-track single.

THE SOAP OPERA UK debut single 'Eggs to Hatch and Cats to Kill' / 'No Name No Packdrill'

THE SOAP OPERA 'No Name No Packdrill'

THE SOAP OPERA 'Eggs To Hatch And Cats To Kill'

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THE SOAP OPERA UK debut single 'Eggs to Hatch and Cats to Kill' / 'No Name No Packdrill'

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