Deep Wave (Houndstooth, 2018)

Taken from the forthcoming debut album 'Deep Wave' 

The Norwegian-born, Berlin-based duo Soft as Snow will release their debut album ‘Deep Wave’ on April 6th. It was created by Soft as Snow members Oda Egjar Starheim and Øystein Monsen, with additional mixing and production by WIFE of Tri Angle Records. 

Their oblique leftfield pop recalls Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, deep Detroit techno, 90s IDM, Fever Ray, cold wave and the ‘Mutazione’ compilations, but is simultaneously fresh, original and groundbreaking, crowned with Oda’s esoteric and otherworldly voice.

‘Deep Wave’ follows two EPs for the same label - and as with those, the duo still avoid laptops, preferring analogue machinery, samplers, live drums and processed guitars - but this album marks a creative development, with their sound now deeper, more detailed and less simplistic than before. 

“We’ve been experimenting with arrangements and production. The sound is rawer, more experimental and noisy”, explain the duo. “What maybe differs most from the other releases is that we decided to keep a lot of recordings from the initial jams. Several of the tracks are more or less kept in the original form.”

Watch the video for ‘Snake’, taken from ‘Deep Wave’, created by Conrad Pack here > https://youtu.be/8jdfgNyU6WU

Deep Wave

Snake

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Soft as Snow - Snake

"Soft as Snow employ a chunky and granular bass that slithers like a deadly python between their stuttering rhythms." – The 405

Watch the video for 'Pink Rushes' here: https://youtu.be/_b4FQ1ToKFY
 
Taken from our upcoming debut album 'Deep Wave', to be released 6th April via Houndstooth
 
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Pink Rushes

Taken from the forthcoming debut album 'Deep Wave'
https://houndstoothrecords.lnk.to/softassnow 

The Norwegian-born, Berlin-based duo Soft as Snow will release their debut album ‘Deep Wave’ on April 6th. It was created by Soft as Snow members Oda Egjar Starheim and Øystein Monsen, with additional mixing and production by WIFE of Tri Angle Records.

Their oblique leftfield pop recalls Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, deep Detroit techno, 90s IDM, Fever Ray, cold wave and the ‘Mutazione’ compilations, but is simultaneously fresh, original and groundbreaking, crowned with Oda’s esoteric and otherworldly voice.

‘Deep Wave’ follows two EPs for the same label - and as with those, the duo still avoid laptops, preferring analogue machinery, samplers, live drums and processed guitars - but this album marks a creative development, with their sound now deeper, more detailed and less simplistic than before.

Sleep/Slip

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Soft as Snow - Sleep/Slip

Listen to the debut album 'Deep Wave' in full - premiered exclusively on Inverted Audio before the official release this Friday 6th April.

"Soft as Snow makes forward thinking pop music that unleashes a wave of emotion." DUMMY
 
"Their music has an inner strength that curls and coils skyward, shooting lasers into infinity” The FADER
 
“Wild, impressionistic electronic music that splits the difference between Purity Ring’s exquisite beat-driven pop songs and The Knife’s brain-blasting experiments” Stereogum
 
Soft as Snow's upcoming debut full length 'Deep Wave' released 6th April via HOUNDSTOOTH

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"‘Deep Wave’ is an album that oscillates wildly between menace and beauty. This is not cerebral music. It’s visceral and wonderfully dystopian. It needs to be played very loudly, and perhaps in a darkened room. This is music that bypasses thought, and connects directly with your gut." ~ Loud & Quiet

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Mass

Låssbyn

Be My Babe

Tropical Speed

Drip

Black Egg

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