New seventeen-track Soft Stars album draft with acoustic and electric guitar, some cello by Saul Richmond-Rakerd and some fretless bass by Michael Manring. Folk/classical influenced music, indie folk chamber music, with some semi-classical acoustic guitar, pop, shoegaze, and post-rock, post-punk, and other influences. 

Also see a playlist of Soft Stars pop/postpunk/etc songs:
https://soundcloud.com/thesoftstars/sets/possible-songs-2024-2025?si=da89377130714039b10558c6f84d3c0a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Art by Nancy Genn
http://www.nancygenn.com/

Softer Stars -- A Night to Remember -- most current track drafts

possible songs 2024-2026

Soft Stars remix (additional guitar) of HLLLYH's Uruburu album, a post-Mae Shi project. Additional guitar designed for fans of Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, Polvo, Swervedriver, Pitchfork, etc.

HLLLYH x Soft Stars -- Uruburu (remix album)

Indie folk chamber music, with semi-classical acoustic guitar, with some cello and synth. Folk, acoustic, post rock, ambient, classical, etc.

Soft Stars -- Quiet Times (Take16 From 13)

Acoustic indie postpunk chamber music/soundtrack music, acoustic guitar with cello and electric guitar

Soft Stars - -last Song Of The Night Take22 With Cello

Soft Stars - -Show Me The Way  (demo Take43)

Soft Stars - -Together Again Take28

Eleven Words Take29

Soft Stars - -Today Again Take26

Soft Stars -- Michel Colombier -- Layas - - Drum And Bass remix

Soft Stars -- Love Confusion Take22

Soft Stars -- The Beach Take16

Soft Stars - -woodland Creatures take 23

new outro lyrics and vocals, shoegaze ending

Soft Stars -- Eleven Words Take39

Soft Stars -- Moonage Daydream take 31

Indie classical chamber folk music. Michael Manring on fretless bass. Saul Richmond-Rakerd on cello. 

Soft Stars--Bluejay take19

Soft Stars--Remember the Time (demo take42)

Soft Stars--Chains of Love take20

imstrumental beginning sketch of a technical noise rock/indie prog/posthardcore/math rock track

Soft Stars--The White Whale v2 take01

indie classical folk track with acoustic guitar, cello by Saul Richmond-Raekerd and fretless bass by Michael Manring

indie postrock folk track with slight classical chamber music influence with acoustic and electric guitar and fretless bass by Michael Manring

Soft Stars--Time for the Long Ride Home take35

Soft Stars remix (additional guitar) of HLLLYH's Uruburu album, a post-Mae Shi project. Additional guitar designed for fans of Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, Polvo, Pitchfork, etc.

HLLLYH x Soft Stars -- Trapped in the Song

Soft Stars remix (additional guitar) of HLLLYH's Uruburu album, a post-Mae Shi project. Additional guitar designed for fans of Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, Swervedriver, Polvo, Pitchfork, etc.

HLLLYH x Soft Stars -- Goodbye, Yellow Brick Wall

HLLLYH x Soft Stars -- Evolver

HLLLYH x Soft Stars -- Uru Buru

HLLLYH x Soft Stars -- Flex It, Tagger

Shoegaze/postpunk cover of Miguel's "Sure Thing"

Soft Stars--Sure Thing (Miguel) pt40

Soft Stars--Chariots of Fire take01

Soft Stars--Blueberries and Corn pt06

Soft Stars--Autumn winds take26

Soft Stars Lies take46

Soft Stars--Dying Star take 85

Reminds me of: Let's Dance/Don't Stop the Dance

Soft Stars--Moonlight take65

Indie postpunk shoegaze cover of James Walsh Gypsy Band's "You Make Me Feel Like Livin'"

Soft Stars--You Make Me Feel Like Livin' take17

Wanted to make a song like NSync produced by Gary Numan and/or Thomas Dolbywith postpunk guitars

Soft Stars--Slide Your Way take65

Guitar and fretless bass duet, Michael Manring on fretless bass, indie/postpunk/folk/classical

Soft Stars--Back to the cider mill take12

Instrumental duet, acoustic and electric guitar with Michael Manring on fretless bass and a shoegaze/dreampop section at the end.

Soft Stars--Time for the Long Ride Home take50

The Soft Stars is a band from the Oakland/San Francisco bay area, California. Guitarist is currently working on a classical music album

Golda's awesome singing has been described as a mix between Siouxsie Sioux and Poly Styrene from the X-Ray Spex  with her own bold style. Golda and has been in lots of bands including DeathGlam and Golda and the Guns. 

Bassist and pianist Naomi plays classical piano and has played in experimental and punk bands such as Andy Human and the Reptoids, Echo of Bullets, Botskurd, The Next, and Sound Police. 

Drummer Kirk has played in bands such as powerviolence/hardcore band Malicious Dismemberment.  

Guitarist Stephen has played in a bunch of solo projects and bands that never escaped the practice studio such as Swiit Ashiikii (with members of Boyjazz, the Mae-Shi, and Pegataur).

The Soft Stars love music such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, Sonic Youth, the Stranglers, Killing Joke, Captain Beefheart, Spike in Vain, Wire, Joy Division, Live Skull, Swervedriver, Neil Young, My Bloody Valentine, MX-80 Sound, the Minutemen, James Brown, Josef K, Bauhaus, Hugh Mundell, etc. 

Live Soft Stars video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw2Ur1_m1uU&list=PLLxu0bKGI7AYbGd70abTC0LZhX0rD6Mhu

Golda Sargento - vocals
Kirk Brys - drums
Naomi Stine - bass, piano
Stephen Stine - guitar, bass

The Soft Stars

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