The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight | Album

The Soft Boys "Underwater Moonlight"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Yep Roc Records, US, 2011, YEP 2628, 634457262812, Reissue

The Soft Boys’ 1980 work, Underwater Moonlight, stands as one of the definitive pillars of college rock and neo-psychedelia. Released during the peak transition from punk to new wave, it famously flopped upon its initial release because its sunny, 1960s-inspired Byrds-meet-Syd-Barrett textures were entirely out of step with the aggressive, safety-pin aesthetic of the era. Yet, with decades of retrospective acclaim from outlets like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, it is widely celebrated as a foundational textbook for future alternative legends like R.E.M., Pavement, and Yo La Tengo.

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