Soft Palms - ltd. edition yellow vinyl LP

My goal was to create something that sounded like a mental hug, a sonic embrace,” says singer/guitarist Julia Kugel (The Coathangers/White Woods) about the self-titled debut album by Long Beach duo Soft Palms. “Everything can feel so wild and out of control, I really wanted to create something you could sink into and use to calm those emotions.” To achieve this goal, Kugel and drummer/percussionist Scott Montoya threaded together sock hop rock n’ roll, scrappy dream pop, and ethereal torch songs into a sultry, spacey, and sublime journey towards brighter horizons. Though the album’s eight songs were written in fits and starts over the course of nearly a decade, Soft Palms ultimately came together over a two-year period as an extension of Kugel and Montoya’s broader musical ventures. Together they book the Happy Sundays music festival, run the non-profit Studio for Schools, and organize the events calendar Long Beach POP—all in an effort to celebrate, promote, and produce art and music