Soft Abuse
@softabuse.bsky.social
Fruits & Flowers and Soft Abuse label things, & sometime updates for Upside Down on @kfai.org (Mondays 2-4 PM, kfai.org)
Starting my weekly radio journey right about NOW! Join in for new and old favorites with more than a couple eccentrics like David Tyson. Live at KFAI.org and also there later, in the archives.
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Starting my weekly radio journey right about NOW! Join in for new and old favorites with more than a couple eccentrics like David Tyson. Live at KFAI.org and also there later, in the archives.
This record is unbelievably good
September 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This record is unbelievably good
Extending some shine to this unassuming beauty by Hugo Randulv, courtesy of Discreet Music. Cello drones and guitar feedback like you’ve never heard ‘em. Great stuff.
August 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Extending some shine to this unassuming beauty by Hugo Randulv, courtesy of Discreet Music. Cello drones and guitar feedback like you’ve never heard ‘em. Great stuff.
Men Scryfa does it again
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Men Scryfa does it again
Any of y’all familiar with Helen Mirra’s other recordings? This EP is good but I have a feeling the subsequent stuff might be stronger.
August 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Any of y’all familiar with Helen Mirra’s other recordings? This EP is good but I have a feeling the subsequent stuff might be stronger.
NEWCASTLE! Put down that pint (respectfully) and get thee to Cumberland Arms, Pumice performs tonight. A choice evening indeed.
July 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEWCASTLE! Put down that pint (respectfully) and get thee to Cumberland Arms, Pumice performs tonight. A choice evening indeed.
BRADFORD! Pumice is with you tonight, as is NZ ex-pat Jennifer Reid, get on down & share some pics please @stabbiesetc.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
BRADFORD! Pumice is with you tonight, as is NZ ex-pat Jennifer Reid, get on down & share some pics please @stabbiesetc.bsky.social
SHEFFIELD! Pumice plays Bishop's House tonight, with support from Little Skull (!). Will be sick. @stabbiesetc.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
SHEFFIELD! Pumice plays Bishop's House tonight, with support from Little Skull (!). Will be sick. @stabbiesetc.bsky.social
Upside Down on KFAI is happening today at 2pm, we’ll be playing all sorts of new and old things, & paying homage to Susan Alcorn as well.
Tune in! 90.3 FM here or www.kfai.org anywhere
Tune in! 90.3 FM here or www.kfai.org anywhere
February 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Upside Down on KFAI is happening today at 2pm, we’ll be playing all sorts of new and old things, & paying homage to Susan Alcorn as well.
Tune in! 90.3 FM here or www.kfai.org anywhere
Tune in! 90.3 FM here or www.kfai.org anywhere
This week’s Upside Down on KFAI (www.KFAI.org) proffers a recap of 2024 from my pov, and will include all kinds of great records like the one pictured from P. Wits and Thistle Group. Join me live today from 2PM central (airwaves or stream), or on the archive thereafter. Ta!
January 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This week’s Upside Down on KFAI (www.KFAI.org) proffers a recap of 2024 from my pov, and will include all kinds of great records like the one pictured from P. Wits and Thistle Group. Join me live today from 2PM central (airwaves or stream), or on the archive thereafter. Ta!
We made Fruits & Flowers shirts for the first time ever, with our soon-to-be iconic logo nice and big on front. Soft n stylish. More info here:
fruitsandflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
fruitsandflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
December 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
We made Fruits & Flowers shirts for the first time ever, with our soon-to-be iconic logo nice and big on front. Soft n stylish. More info here:
fruitsandflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
fruitsandflowers.bandcamp.com/merch
I made some Soft Abuse shirts for the first time in many, many years, but not too many. Shipping now. Our beautiful model shows you how good you could look. More info here:
softabuse.bandcamp.com/merch
softabuse.bandcamp.com/merch
December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
I made some Soft Abuse shirts for the first time in many, many years, but not too many. Shipping now. Our beautiful model shows you how good you could look. More info here:
softabuse.bandcamp.com/merch
softabuse.bandcamp.com/merch
**FM Cornog voice** Here we go
December 9, 2024 at 7:46 PM
**FM Cornog voice** Here we go
More from ‘24: the brilliant debut from the amazingly named What Kind of Human Have I Become, AKA Matt Plunkett + friends (Stefan Neville & Ben Holmes). Full length happening soon, until then:
whatkindofhuman.bandcamp.com/album/avoidi...
whatkindofhuman.bandcamp.com/album/avoidi...
November 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
More from ‘24: the brilliant debut from the amazingly named What Kind of Human Have I Become, AKA Matt Plunkett + friends (Stefan Neville & Ben Holmes). Full length happening soon, until then:
whatkindofhuman.bandcamp.com/album/avoidi...
whatkindofhuman.bandcamp.com/album/avoidi...
More Soft Abuse from 2024: recently uncovered recordings from The Strange Girls, subjects of that great anthology of early work via Fördämning Arkiv, wrapped in Mark Anderson (Greymouth) designs. Gorgeous and melancholy folk rock from the South Island. RIP Motty xx
November 19, 2024 at 12:17 AM
More Soft Abuse from 2024: recently uncovered recordings from The Strange Girls, subjects of that great anthology of early work via Fördämning Arkiv, wrapped in Mark Anderson (Greymouth) designs. Gorgeous and melancholy folk rock from the South Island. RIP Motty xx
I haven’t posted much here so I reckoned I’d share some releases from 2024 with you all—Soft Abuse stuff tends to fly under the radar anyway, so they may be new to you.
Here’s Steven R. Smith’s Olive, a beautifully arranged set of mannered chamber pieces:
stevenrsmith.bandcamp.com/album/olive?...
Here’s Steven R. Smith’s Olive, a beautifully arranged set of mannered chamber pieces:
stevenrsmith.bandcamp.com/album/olive?...
November 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I haven’t posted much here so I reckoned I’d share some releases from 2024 with you all—Soft Abuse stuff tends to fly under the radar anyway, so they may be new to you.
Here’s Steven R. Smith’s Olive, a beautifully arranged set of mannered chamber pieces:
stevenrsmith.bandcamp.com/album/olive?...
Here’s Steven R. Smith’s Olive, a beautifully arranged set of mannered chamber pieces:
stevenrsmith.bandcamp.com/album/olive?...
Pull up / come thru TONIGHT
DJing all roots and dub for the first time, wish me luck & HAPPY BDAY BRIAN!!!
DJing all roots and dub for the first time, wish me luck & HAPPY BDAY BRIAN!!!
November 25, 2023 at 2:09 AM
Pull up / come thru TONIGHT
DJing all roots and dub for the first time, wish me luck & HAPPY BDAY BRIAN!!!
DJing all roots and dub for the first time, wish me luck & HAPPY BDAY BRIAN!!!
CAD on tour—Rochester, Cleveland and Baltimore, get thee to the gig!
christopheralandurham.bandcamp.com/album/kicks-...
christopheralandurham.bandcamp.com/album/kicks-...
November 14, 2023 at 11:37 PM
CAD on tour—Rochester, Cleveland and Baltimore, get thee to the gig!
christopheralandurham.bandcamp.com/album/kicks-...
christopheralandurham.bandcamp.com/album/kicks-...
Eight Waves in Search of an Ocean is out today!
Have a listen:
fortunatoduruttimarinetti.bandcamp.com/album/eight-...
Have a listen:
fortunatoduruttimarinetti.bandcamp.com/album/eight-...
November 3, 2023 at 11:35 PM
Eight Waves in Search of an Ocean is out today!
Have a listen:
fortunatoduruttimarinetti.bandcamp.com/album/eight-...
Have a listen:
fortunatoduruttimarinetti.bandcamp.com/album/eight-...