Holiday in Rhode Island
Released: Sep 12, 2000
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Released: Sep 12, 2000
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On Holiday in Rhode Island, the Softies continue their simple and sweet variety of heart-on-their-sleeve indie pop. On "Sleep Away Your Troubles," the melody between Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia...
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Winter Pageant
Released: Jan 21, 1997
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Released: Jan 21, 1997
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Amidst the popular shouting and mystical-philosophical dramatics of their female contemporaries, the Softies make music that is barely audible, delicately lovelorn, and mostly unknown. Like It's...
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He'll Never Have to Know
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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Although the Softies' songs are individually quite lovely, the duo's extreme devotion to a stripped-down, two-voices/two-guitars aesthetic means that it can be kind of tiring to listen to a full...
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The Best Days
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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The Softies' best record to date, and therefore an archetype of the entire twee pop scene of the mid-'90s, this three-track EP is a small treasure. The title track, sung by Rose Melberg in her most...
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It's Love
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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A gorgeously melancholy debut, It's Love forgoes the ebullient love-rock of singer/guitarist Rose Melberg's tenure with Tiger Trap to focus on skeletal guitar/harmony duets with partner Jen...
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Softies
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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The first word that pops up when listening to the self-titled, eight-song Softies EP-the first for the duo of Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia--is 'sweet.' It sounds sweet, feels sweet, and, on songs...
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