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Strong Hold

by Softie

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    Frosted Ice colored high-bias tapes in clear cases with baby blue backing. Professionally dubbed by duplication.ca and hand stamped by Cherub Dream Records. B Side includes two demo versions. This EP sounds even better on tape, you will not want to miss out!

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    CD's have a bonus track with a live version of Can I Be You, and come in a cardboard sleeve. It has the original artwork Eric Frankenstein and a photo by Nash Rood. Professionally duplicated by Duplication.ca

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1.
Doser 04:43 video
Feel the sand between my toes Let the water take me under Feeling like another number Feel the sand between my toes Lay my head in a pile of your clothes I'm scared as hell and I hope that no one knows Feel the sand between my toes bring the water to my lips all I wanted was a kiss blades of grass between my fingertips I'm scared as hell I'm scared as hell and I hope that no one knows and I hope that no one knows and I hope that no one knows
2.
Schmo 04:16
All my new friends Talk about places I've never been People I'll never meet And cars I want to drive The fires alive At least that's what I keep on telling them Fell flat on my face again But damn I swear I'm fine Working for Tulsa swimming in Tesla Selling things in my spare time trying to make ends meet Feeling incomplete separated from my mind Chipping away I swear I'm fine
3.
Gifts 05:16
bring me roses from your garden cut diagonal from the root grab a vase from the store wrap it nice wrap it neat check your work add one more pour the water in the sink baby, I want more maybe, I want more Cover my eyes so that I won't see What a pretty gift that you got me looks so nice, so pristine so special, all for me looks so nice, so pretty I'm so surprised I'm so surprised I'm so surprised
4.
Flat:Still 04:40
We pass in the night I'll breathe you in Arms open up like palms in the wind Waving goodbye Because I'm feeling tired Arms open up Toss and turn Lessons learned Crawl and yearn Unconcerned With your return I'm burning up I am on fire I'm burning up Still feeling tired We’re on the phone And I'm getting quite Feeling so loved Feeling so loved
5.
Can I Be You 04:26
Can you hold my hands And tell me nothings wrong You left the lights on For far too long I wish I could be like them I wish I could be like him I wish I could Be like them Every afternoon I walk past your house Man ablaze, catching fire With the heart of a mouse I wish I could be like them I wish I could be like him I wish I could Be like them

about

Softie may be rooted in the dream pop/shoegaze tradition, but where his forebearers in the genre set their pedals toward achieving a celestial grandeur, Oakland's Nicholas Coleman has crafted something decidedly more urgent and earthbound. The result is a Strong Hold, a work that captures the creeping unreality of urban life in a state of decline. Strong Hold does this by sublimating landscape into sound. These five songs crystalize the tension between the natural splendor of the Bay Area and the effects of the industrial system that continues to reshape and deform it. As the EP progresses, Mechanical drumbeats run through these songs like a railway line, keeping time with industrial precision as woozy, disorienting chords roll over them, sometimes as gently as morning fog, and others with the thorny severity of a swarm of wasps.

Strong Hold was written and recorded in Oakland CA, between August 2019 and October 2021.

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released October 12, 2021

All songs were written, recorded, performed, mixed, and mastered by Nicholas Coleman.

Cover art by Eric Frankenstein

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