Soft Kill On The Importance Of Independence, The Meaninglessness Of Genre, & The Constant Desire To Create

Few bands experience an evolution as dramatic as Soft Kill’s. The band began with a few records that were sinister and synthy — in the realm of Cold Cave or Drab Majesty — perfecting the sound on their third album, 2016’s hypnotic Choke. Things got more intense and louder with its follow-up, 2018’s Savior, then leaned into more traditional post-punk on 2020’s cheekily titled Dead Kids R.I.P. City, a play on Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city. After that, they released a rec...

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