SoftCopy
"Toronto’s Soft Copy are an artist to watch for in 2010" - Lauren Schreiber of No Shame Promo
Formed in 2005, Soft Copy’s ethos is embedded in the punk rock DIY aesthetic, with their music informed by early post-punk & later avant-rock. Original bassist Mark Pindera (Brainiacs, Connery Artists), drummer Paul Boddum (NECK, Christiana, Kid Sniper) & guitarist, singer-songwriter Andrew McAllister (NECK, Christiana) created the 10 song Wolf, Wolves and more wolves as a free digital release as an antidote to the prevailing zeitgeist that demanded standard metaphors in the changed age of internet tubes & digital optimism.
After the first release Pindera departed for the UK, & Wes Hodgson (previously of Newfoundland punk-rock act Hung Up) swung the band’s tonality from Stooges to Shellac. This lent itself to ideally to the angrier Vicious Modernism (2010). The eleven track recording (again recorded & engineered by Soft Copy) operates with brevity & clarity, echoing personal & political themes from Wolves including groupthink, the financial meltdown, being lost & young love.
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Nicole Villeneuve, Exclaim.ca"They're experienced and skilled enough to manipulate all of the pieces into a cohesive and always surprising set of songs, with enough musical and lyrical texture to give us something new with each listen."
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JORDAN BIMM, NOW Toronto"Vicious Modernism is solid from start to finish, and pushes Soft Copy to the top of my list of local bands to see in 2010."
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DAVE MORRIS, EYE Weekly"Soft Copy’s abstract and muscular anthems fuse both Sonic Youth and Mission of Burma at their very best [...] listen to it on repeat until your ears melt."
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John Sakamoto, Toronto Star"Sounding like a muscular cross between XTC at its most adventurous and Gang of Four at its most accessible, this Toronto band has a knack for making the daring sound user-friendly."
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Ryan Bigge of Broken Pencil describing Soft Copy release Wolf, Wolves and more wolves"[...] a swirling mix of power-pop that reminds me of my favourite bands from the 1990s (including Sugar and My Bloody Valentine) while still sounding fresh and contemporary."
Listen to us rock the fork out
Upcoming Performances
| August 13, 2010 | Lee's Palace, Toronto | Soft Copy opening for POLVO & VERSUS |
Albums
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Vicious Modernism (2010): Groupthink, the financial meltdown, being lost and young love dominate this anticipated release. Guitars jang jang jang, bass roars and drums soar. Tinitus never felt so good.
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Wolf, Wolves and More Wolves (2006): Garage rock with ego-free guitar solos, with sprinkles of the 90’s. Soft Copy's first release focuses on failed corporations, the new left, broken computers, teen crushes and hot dates.
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Read about us
- Toronto Star: Ben Rayner’s reasons to live
- Exclaim.ca Review
- NOW TORONTO: NNNN
- EYE WEEKLY: CMF Interview
- Canadian Music Week Dark Horses: Toronto | resonancity.com
- Quick Before it Melts » QBiM SPiNS
- Sunday Morning Coffee: Herohill
- EYE WEEKLY: 4 out of 5.
- Toronto Star: John Sakamoto's "Anti-Hit List"
- PDF / Artist bio: MS Word
- Vicious Modernism press release: PDF / MS Word
- Archived Press: R. Bigge. I'm Feeling Unlucky: Independent Culture in the Google Era. Toronto: Broken Pencil 38, 2008.
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Contact Us
If you’d like to book a show with Soft Copy, send us love/hate mail, request a promo copy of our music for review, or tell us a good joke, just drop us a line at rock@softcopymusic.com.