Chris Staples American Soft 2LP w/ DL and D-side etching He Never Came Back Released:

He Never Came Back Released: 3/17/23

and the vinyl processed with a new half speed lacquer cut to ensure the highest quality audio possible

Daniel Lopatin is a Brooklyn-based musician

the Northwest underground stalwart suffered a stroke that nearly killed him and wiped his entire musical catalog (including the Minus 5

who began the mixing process at International Anthem Studios in Chicago

Chris Staples American Soft 2LP w/ DL and D-side etching He Never Came Back Released:Staples wrote portions of American Soft while squatting in his abandoned childhood home, a Pensacola, FL bungalow empty save for an old piano. I slept on a Coleman cot for two months. The yard was overgrown up to my waist, Staples remembers. The neighbor lady across the street used to babysit me. I ran into her one day and she didnt even recognize me. I hadnt seen her in 15 years.American Softs musical ideas are at once diverse and cohesive, the