Soft Play are on course to secure their highest charting album yet, with ‘HEAVY JELLY’ currently sitting in the UK Top 3.
Soft Play released their fourth studio album ‘HEAVY JELLY’ last Friday, July 19, and are currently sitting in the Top 3 of the UK charts alongside global superstars Eminem and Olivia Rodrigo.
With all three of the band’s previous albums reaching the Top 10, 2016’s ‘Take Control’ marked their highest position so far at #6.
With the Tunbridge Wells natives set to bag a new record with ‘HEAVY JELLY’, the band’s Laurie Vincent has shared:
“We worked really, really hard on this music, so to see it pay off and the fans are enjoying the music as much as we do… this is the music we want to make, and Heavy Jelly’s release has definitely given us a new lease of life and a new sense of confidence.”
And on sharing a chart battle with Eminem, Isaac Holman has said:
“I’ve been listening to Eminem my whole life. He’s one of our heroes. He’s one of our biggest influences! We’ve never had a Top 5 record before, so landing that would be incredible.”
Rock Sound recently spoke to the duo all about the journey of creating their latest album, where Laurie told us about the vulnerability of ‘HEAVY JELLY’:
“I feel like it was just really honest and not trying to sound like anything else. We are being ourselves in its purest form. We weren’t ready to do songs like ‘Worms on Tarmac’ years ago, because it felt too irreverent. We realised that that is Isaac’s mind. By being authentic and putting his mind on paper, that song sums up what’s going on in his head on a daily basis in a really beautiful, silly way.
“We allowed ourselves to be who we wanted to be, and at the same time, we rediscovered all of that hardcore and punk rock influence that got lost along the way because we were trying to fit in with the indie scene. We were trying to avoid the heavier side so we could get booked on the festivals and played on Radio 1. We didn’t care about any of that when we started, then all of a sudden it starts happening for you and you overthink it. With no time limit and no pressure, we made the album that sounds the most authentically like us.”
You can read the full interview here.