A casual project that formed in the mid-naughties under the original name JJ Wax, Soft Riot’s original angle was “ambient punk”, fusing elements of drone-y post-rock, minimal wave electronics, synthesizer-based cinema soundtracks and a bit of chordal mass composition. Perhaps a reaction to the over-saturation, dillution of community and the perpetual force-feeding of alternative music culture on the masses in these modern times, often these tracks go for the most amount of sonic space that makes the deepest punch. Keeping suspense, tension and velocity rather than going for a loud bang.

But enough about that: SOFT RIOT’s ambition comes from what happens after the loud music is done — you come back inside to the empty quiet sounds of night — the ghosts in the hallways and in your head — the footsteps across the courtyard — the running journal inside one’s head of things gone by and the things to come.

The band also talked to the online web magazine Burning Flame in a recent interview. You can read this interview here in full on the Burning Flame website.

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