The Softies- Holiday In Rhode Island

Label: K Records

Reissued 2024, Originally released 2000

Listening to The Softies feels like peeking into a diary, with no personal detail spared. Holiday in Rhode Island, their third album, presents the most accessible means inside the humble honesty of the emotive universe of Rose Melberg (Tiger Trap, Gaze, Go Sailor) and Jen Sbragia (All Girl Summer Fun Band). The band lyrically documents a lovelorn heart in every manifestation, here hope is a bright silver lining adorning each of these new songs. The harmonies between Rose And Jen shimmer, brighter than ever before, benefiting from strong arrangements and production. Their two delicately jangling guitars and crystalline voices never needed anything else, their minimalist blueprint succeeds in filling every single space, but with maturity comes the security and confidence to explore, and that's just what The Softies do with these tunes.

Track listing:

1. Sleep Away Your Troubles
   
2. Places We Go
   
3. These Sad Times
   
4. Beginning of the End
   
5. Just a Day
   
6. Me and the Bees
   
7. Holiday in Rhode Island
   
8. Favorite Shade of Blue
   
9. You and Only You
   
10. Sturdies Bay
    
11. Saint Agnes
    
12. If You Stayed
    
13. Write It Down
    
14. My Empty Arms