Soft Kill "Dead Kids R.I.P. City" Color:2xLP Turquoise (/500) guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall

guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall of sound is astoundingly muscular

Recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas with producer Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers

Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek (ex-Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra)

The band uses cello (with an electric cello for live shows) to create a gothic sound with occasional Western references

who has been penned as one of 2018's most important breakout artists

Soft Kill "Dead Kids R.I.P. City" Color:2xLP Turquoise (/500) guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wallA story odyssey of sorts told in ten parts, ten songs each track essentially a character "Dead Kids", produced by David Trumfio (Built To Spill, Wilco, OK Go) and mastered by the legendary Howie Weinberg (The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana), explores, through a beguiling mix of personal memory, allegory, and narrative structures by turns both poetic and stinging, a long and complicated relationship with a dark version of Portland OR. It's songs that