"Out now: Soft Saint’s “Infinity Pool” Vinyl LP"
You can now order Soft Saint’s “Infinity Pool” as a limited edition 12″ pressed on magical orange vinyl with a color-printed inner sleeve.
It’s that time of year again: summer is lurking just around the corner, still, an uninflated pool floaty in hand. Those of us inclined to Summer Madness know—the ambivalent part of the year starts now. Where winter lets you escape to the shelter of your home to indulge in your favorite moody playlists, now there are days on the beach. Socializing. Sunscreen. So-called “good times.” How is anyone supposed to bear this?
Soft Saints capture the sound of a heartbroken summer: candy-coated melancholy, sample-based trip pop, somewhere between Khruangbin, Portishead, and Santana’s “Smooth.” The soundtrack of summertime sadness on the beaches and lakes of the world. Simon Armbruster, Florian Bonn, and Max zur Jacobsmühlen are from Cologne and embrace listeners with their sound collage, combining laid-back breakbeats, breezy synths, yearning guitars, and bittersweet vocals to form songs that hit straight into your emotional core.
