New Zealand Music News — Soft Bait

Tāmaki Makaurau post punk outfit, Soft Bait, have granted us one final glimpse into their debut self titled album (arriving October 28), today releasing a new single 'Plot Points' featuring vocal contributions by Louisa Nicklin.   

Photo: Soft Bait Tāmaki-based outfit, Soft Bait, have untied their second single, 'True Stories' - an electrifying post punk song paired with an equivalently charged-up music video (edited by band member Ezra Simons) featuring vocalist Josh Hunter encased in an aluminium foil-plastered room. Despite how claustrophobic it looks in there, he seems perfectly ok dancing and declaiming thoughts on conspiracy and misinformation. And that's when you realise that the shiny, all encompassing foil and his too-cool moves are simply a reflection on how easy it is to be surrounded by false claims that we can be so comfortable absorbing.  “Based on a true...

Releasing alongside the single is a black and white super 8 music video shot by Soft Bait’s bassist Ezra Simons.