Soft Play share emotive new single ‘Everything And Nothing’

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Soft Play, formerly Slaves, have dropped ‘Everything And Nothing’ – the heartfelt latest single from their upcoming album. Check it out below.Shared today (June 4), the track follows on the previously released ‘Punk’s Dead’, ‘Mirror Muscles’ and ‘Act Violently’, and is set to feature alongside them on their upcoming fourth studio album ‘Heavy Jelly’.

Arriving on July 19, it marks their first LP under their new band name and first long form project in over six years.The track sees the band – comprised of both Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent –take a more intense and open approach than ever before, and step away from the sound that fans would most commonly expect from them.Unlike the aforementioned ‘Act Violently’, with ‘Everything And Nothing’ the feel of the track is underpinned by the emotive mandolin and violin melodies.

At its core, it sees Holman take inspiration from the loss of one of his friends, and put forward a sense of vulnerability rarely seen by the duo.That being said, the band insist that it isn’t a token ballad on the LP, but rather some of their most raw, uncompromising and vulnerable work to date.“I started writing the words in lockdown in the depths of a mental health breakdown.

My good mate Bailey had just passed away, Laurie had not long lost his partner, Emma to cancer,” Holman said of the inspiration for the single.“It was one thing after the next.