Soft Cotton County – Dream pop by Softcottoncounty

Based in and around Richmond-Upon-Thames, classified as Indie, Dream Pop, Shoegaze or Futuristic Folk by some North American radio stations, our friends will tell you Soft Cotton County has a few additional colours in the mix that can sometimes transfer to other delicates.

Created by Andy Coombs, primarily as a vehicle for his song writing, Soft Cotton County is a long-running recording project. Since 2009 and the eponymous album on 5000 Records, there have been five EPs – all met with critical acclaim. And now, finally, a second album, a project started in 2014, interrupted more times than a PM at the dispatch box, we give you ‘10 Years of Travel,’ ta daa!

Soft Cotton County features Shira Fox (vocals), Sascha Panknin (production and instruments) Andy Coombs (composition, instruments and production).

‘Soft Rain – beautiful and melancholic …‘
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‘… this album feels like a message from out there.
It sedates rather than energises, almost as if giving you permission to float safely with it… ‘(It Could Happen to You) is delicate and fragile, but a thing of beauty like an empty wasps’ nest or a butterfly’s chrysalis …‘
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LP vinyl ‘10 Years of Travel’ available now from Bandcamp and Norman Records

Soft Cotton County 10 Years of Travel LP

Somewhere in the hinterland between Dreampop and Indie, slow-burning vanilla
notes and bittersweet words, never knowingly unmelodic, this is the first Soft Cotton County album since the transit of Venus.

Subtle hooks that will hold a heavy raincoat or a silk summer shawl. Ten ethereal tracks of quirk, strangeness and charm.

Album available digitally from all major outlets.