I've recently completed my latest album 'Hundreds & Thousands'.
I'm very happy with this new creation. Something different and fresh, but hinting back to earlier works like 'Body Variations'.
The album has been sent of to William Bowden so that he can apply his magical musical mastery, so we should be seeing the results in the next few weeks.
For now, I'll only be releasing the album on Bandcamp as a download and putting it on streaming services.
If there's enough interest in a physical release, which I'm hoping for, we'll do that too, down the line.
I'll be sending further info, links and sound bites soon.
Warning! cover image likely to change by time of release
There's been some tidying up and updating to the Soft Records blog.
Some things were a bit out of date and some things needed to be added. Something I've been neglecting for ages.
There's a new page called 'Pre Soft' which is essentially a way to tie in things I wanted to say about the musical history of me, Kevin Purdy, the creator of Soft Records and how I got there. I also, very much, wanted to have some way to talk about and give insights into the first Tooth album 'No Strings' which wasn't on Soft Records, though I did produce it, organise: its' production as a CD, distribution and promotion. There just wasn't a label yet. The album, released in 1998, was helped along into being, greatly, by the gracious help of the Frigid (Cryogenesis) and Fromage posses, who supplied the funding and the amazing artwork, created by Fromage member Duncan Irving.
I've also added a lot more videos, links to interviews, reviews and articles for Soft releases over the years.
The seventh solo album by Kevin Purdy, aka Purdy, released on the 7th of June 2024.
This album continues to explore Purdy’s trademark multi-layered, cinematic production style that takes you on a scintillating journey, full of wondrous melodic and psychotropic twists and turns.
Kevin, once again, returns as a vocalist and lyricist (for 1/2 the album anyhoot), something he has done for most of his life but took a departure from that world for several years to focus on more instrumental and sample driven productions.
The Kevin Purdy album has deep resonances of his musical romances and journeys, digging deep into his love of 60’s and 70’s pop rock, psychedelia, krautrock, folk, soul, garage punk and soundtracks. The album also scratches the boundaries of post punk, experimental music and jazz skronk.
This new album is deeply personal for Kevin, a sort of “coming of age”, reflecting over his life, loves, friends, pains, politics and pleasures. It contains a deep, yet uplifting resonance.
Kevin plays most of the instruments on the album and handles all of the production duties, except for Mastering, which he happily hands over to the majestic King Willy. The album features a fantastic cast of guest musicians: Penny McBride, on trumpet (Boyracer, Cannanes, Box Freezer Romance, Glovebox etc.), Joe Cannon, vocals and guitar (Rusty Dusty Brothers), Geoff Towner, bass (Geoff Kevin, The Dead Tree, Sal Paradise, El Mopa, A Gold Star Secret etc), Amanda Stewart, vocals (Machine For Making Sense, 180ยบ etc), Paula Henderson, baritone saxophone (Secretary, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, White Cross etc), Christian Houllemare, bass (Happy Hate Me Nots, New Christs, Bad Brains etc etc), along with Peter Hollo on cello (Raven, Fourplay etc)
Kevin Purdy - SOFT012, is on Soft Records available on CD & Downloadthrough MGM Distribution Australia
Soft Recordswish to announce the release of the fab new album ‘Avoidance’, by Geoff Towner and Kevin Purdy, under the guise of Geoff Kevin.
This was a fantastic coupling, born out of a combined respect, not only for each other as artists but also our shared magic wonder of music. I would like to thank Geoff, for this great opportunity to work with such a great composer and lyricist.
I want to deeply thank the musicians who went out of their way to help make this such a beautiful album: Jim Denley, Peter Hollo, Penny Mcbride and Yasmin Percy, I bow to you with love and respect. Love also to those who helped wrangle this baby together: Sidat de Silva (video), Chris Familton (publicity), William Bowden (mastering), MGM (distribution), Dale Harrison (design & layout), Amanda Stewart (unending support), James Tsai (photography), Keith Dunstone (the amazing cover photos) and lastly but not leastly, my sorely missed friend Christian Houllemare (bass on The Letdown).
Hooray!
You can get hold of the LP and CD through MGM Distribution, Red Eye Records, Utopia, Radio Free Alice, Egg Records, Bandcamp and all groovy record stores. You can download the album from many quality download sites including Bandcamp
"The
tracks often skirt the baroque, usually to lean back into a casual
register. There’s a lot of space in the songs, making the record a
low-key listening luxury."
