Isaac Holman of Soft Play @ Leeds Festival 2023 (Gary Mather)
Soft Play put their name down for Brighton’s industry showpiece.
Soft Play, Lauren Mayberry, Wunderhorse and Kneecap are some of the biggest names among the over 150 to have been added to this year’s Great Escape Festival.
Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent will be in Brighton between May 15th-18th after making their return last year; one we caught first during their support tour with The Prodigy.
“They’ve lost no power in the rebrand, with the relentless brutality omnipresent across their no-frills 8-song set which largely draws from debut album Are You Satisfied?,” our review reads.
Both Holman and Vincent have suffered in their personal lives over the last few years, yet that (and their forays as Baby Dave and Larry Pink The Human respectively) have galvanized the duo. During White Knuckle Ride, Holman apishly jumps into the crowd as if the stage cannot contain him, while later he drily admits: ‘There’s a reason there’s only two of us. When me and Laurie started the band no one else wanted to join. That’s it, really.’