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- Summary: This is the first full-length studio release in 24 years from indie-pop duo The Softies.
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- Record Label: Father/Daughter Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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Aug 28, 2024The Bed I Made is easily the equal of any of their earlier work. It should make old fans very happy, while giving anyone lucky enough to come across the record a chance to discover that one of the best bands to come out of the indie rock scene of the 1990s is now one of the best bands of the 2020s too.
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Aug 28, 2024Thematically, stylistically and sonically, The Bed I Made feels like an album the Softies were destined to make, one which serves as a brilliant spiritual successor to their cult-beloved discography.
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Aug 28, 2024The Bed I Made is a lovely introduction to their orbit.
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Aug 28, 2024A pure, dream-like quality hovers around these tunes. The subject matter is, perhaps, a touch more mature than it was. Friendships gone fallow, loved ones missing, roads not taken, the bittersweet recognition that life is what it is now and will likely continue that way—the songs consider midlife with clarity and a little sadness but not much turmoil.
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Jan 2, 2025While The Bed I Made is just another body of work about unrequited love from The Softies, the record harnesses in their mastery of a twee sound and concept, and this writer is a sucker for it.