I say with absolutely no hyperbole that Brooklyn experimental rock trio SoftSpot are without a doubt the best (or at the very least, my favorite) music recommendation I’ve gotten in recent years. Introduced to them by one-time showmates Lands & People, SoftSpot’s debut full length EnsÅ was an artistic thrill ride – unrelenting in its intensity and immaculate in the presentation and execution of its musical ideas. It was an album that relied not on a handful of singles to carry it but on the full balance of its cohesive flow; cyclical both thematic and melodically.
Now two years later, SoftSpot return with “You/Yours”, the first peak at their upcoming sophomore effort MASS, and it’s nice to see there’s no shortage of the trio’s immersive song construction. Despite the track’s downright casual tempo SoftSpot manage to invoke a sense of eerie tension. Part of that is due to the ever shifting melodic lines in the angular guitar riffs – Kinlaw’s acrobatic vocals the only real constant in the metamorphosing deluge. There’s a considerable about of interplay between the threesome – Kinlaw’s vocals soar and crane and rather than provide a steady undercurrent, guitar and drums react to her – providing not only a thrilling  tension and release but an aesthetically pleasing regard for space. “You/Yours” is a heady rush of remarkably underplayed tonal shifts – proving that a less seismic shift is the far more impressive one.
SoftSpot’s full length sophomore record MASSÂ is out April 8th.
