Soft Play are set to mark the tenth anniversary of their debut album with a deluxe reissue of ‘Are You Satisfied?’ on 29th August.
Originally released under their previous name Slaves, the 2015 record debuted in the UK Top 10 and earned both Gold certification and a Mercury Prize nomination. The expanded anniversary edition will receive its first physical release on coloured double-vinyl and CD formats, featuring updated artwork with the band’s new Soft Play logo alongside archive photography.
The reissue includes the original album, which features tracks like ‘The Hunter’, ‘Sockets’, and ‘Cheer Up London’, alongside b-sides, the ‘Sugar Coated Bitter Truth’ EP, and their BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of Skepta’s ‘Shutdown’.
“Ten years since we released our debut album. ‘Are you satisfied?’ Took us places we never dreamed were reachable and it was the foundation our career was built upon. It only feels right to re issue it with our new improved name,” says Laurie Vincent.
The duo have recently released their latest album ‘Heavy Jelly’, which reached Number 3 in the UK charts.
Their dates in full read:
JUNE
13 Firenze Rocks, Italy
17 Piazza Ariostea, Ferrara, Italy
19 Hellfest, France
21 Pinkpop, Netherlands
23 Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
28 Mighty Sounds, Czech Republic
JULY
5 Dreamland, Margate, UK
17 Benicassim, Spain
19 Iveagh Gardens, Ireland
AUGUST
1 Queen Square, Bristol, UK
3 OFF Festival, Poland
4 Lorkese Festival, Belgium
8 Summer Well Festival, Romania
9 Gunnersbury Park, London, UK
14 Parades De Couras, Portugal
22 Reading Festival, UK
23 Leeds Festival, UK
SEPTEMBER
18 Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL
20 Shaky Knees Festival, Atlanta, GA
21 Riot Fest, Chicago, IL
23 Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
25 The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
26 House of Blues, San Diego, CA
27 August Hall, San Francisco, CA
29 The Rickshaw, Vancouver, BC
OCTOBER
2 Echo, Dallas, TX
4 Furnace Fest, Birmingham, AL
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