Soft Kill live @ The Turf Club, St. Paul MN (12 April 2024) [Complete Show]

I know the precise day and time that Soft Kill burst through into my consciousness. I was attending the Cruel World festival in Pasadena CA on the 14th of May of 2022. To be honest, I had set up at a different stage waiting for Black Marble's set. I hadn't had time to complete my homework to get the intel on all of the bands that were going to play. And since you often have to sacrifice one thing or another at these things, I knew for a fact that I wasn't going to be at the stage where Soft Kill would be playing because I'd been waiting for several years to see Black Marble.
In the end, I was just thankful to get to see Soft Kill off the side because they sounded so incredible and totally blew me away. Soft Kill was pretty much all I listened to on my drive back to Las Vegas for the flight back to Canada. And since then, they have been in near constant rotation. So when their Spring of 2024 tour was announced and I found out that they would be in the Twin Cities, I knew I had to be there. And Madison WI, only 4-5 hours away the next night? count me in.
As a child of the 80s, Soft Kill just hit the mark in every manner possible, a gorgeous hybrid of darkwave, post-punk and old school goth. Tobias Grave, can sound eerily like Robert Smith's plaintive croon but without phony affectations. I have literally listened to their entire discography front to back more times than I care to admit.
As Tobias mentions during the show, he has had his struggles with addiction and its many harms. So a show like this is an affirmation of the power of recovery. The show was moving, uplifting and pure catharsis. If you have a chance to get out there and see Soft Kill please do yourself a favor and make it happen. This is a band that deserves a wide audience. I'm already hoping for my next opportunity. As always, please support these bands by buying their merch and getting out there to see them on tour! Soft Kill are the definition of DIY, with many unique vinyl offerings, etc.
The Setlist
00:00 the band takes the stage
00:16 Rat poison
03:12 Trouble
07:07 Behind the rain
11:56 Come hang from the rooftops
16:02 Englewood
20:30 Sea of doubt
24:18 Be alone
28:53 Wanting war
32:36 Molly
35:45 Swept away
42:16 Veil of pain
45:49 Tobias talks to the audience
48:21 Pretty face
51:15 Whirl
ps. apologies for the glitching on Whirl, what an incredible song....
pps. Press play and Ice age were on the setlist but were not played

[@Throwshotsnotshade]

I would pay anything for this

[@Prosch23]

me too!!!! Cracked Candles off of Canary Yellow is my favorite Soft Kill song