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Please read me

by Soft Hearted Scientists

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A baroque extended psychedelic makeover of "Please read me" from 1967 album Bee gees 1st, paired with a new original song by the band called "Moths mistook us for the moon", which is a slowly building epic.

Musically speaking psychedelic guitars, drone boxes, Hammond organs, harpsichords and vintage analogue synthesizers all feature.

Lyrically and in mood, both songs are melancholy and reflective, but uplifting.

The single is available on coloured vinyl from the website of psych label Fruits de mer.

International psychedelic magazine "Shindig!" gave the single a 4 star review in its latest 2019 edition. "Both songs are psychedelic joys..."

GOOD REVIEW FOR THE SINGLE IN JULY 2019 TERRASCOPE

The sorely missed Soft Hearted Scientists have recently reconvened for a 7” single; they’ve also recorded a few more songs for future release. ‘Please Read Me’ is their distinctive take on the old Bee Gees song from 1967. It’s very sixties but somehow it manages to end up sounding like The Soft Hearted Scientists. If you had told me that this was by the Bee Gees I doubt that I would have believed you! The b side is an excellent new song entitled ‘Moths Mistook Us For The Moon’, a gentle pastoral tune of quiet beauty, think Syd Barrett accompanied by Vernon Elliott, terrific.
(Andrew Young)

GREAT REVIEW IN HARMONIC DISTORTION
“Happiness comes in small doses.” It's a quote that has stuck in the back of my mind since I first heard it on a televised comedy show in the 1990s, uttered by famous philosopher Denis Leary. While his comedy may have dated the sentiment holds true, happiness does indeed come in small doses and fleeting moments. Leary said it comes via a cigarette, a chocolate chip cookie or a five second orgasm. You no doubt have your own personalised list you can add to that. For me it's 7” singles, psychedelic pop with catchy melodies, and knowing that your favourite musicians continue to make happening music.

So my quota of small doses has been topped up by this forthcoming single from Soft Hearted Scientists. The band have had a bit of a break to pursue other projects, with frontman Nathan Hall remaining most noticeably active with Nathan Hall & The Sinister Locals. The return of Soft Hearted Scientists is something of a surprise but a very welcome one. For the single's A-side they've covered an early classic by The Bee Gees'. 'Please Read Me' appeared on The Bee Gees' first LP back in 1967 and is given a superb and sympathetic reading here, the band making it their own.

Soft Hearted Scientists' reputation as prolific songwriters is bolstered by the single's flipside 'Moths Mistook Us For The Moon', a gentle number with pizzicato strings and lyrics that merge nuanced psychedelic observations with ordinary and everyday experiences. It's good to have the band back.

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released July 2, 2019

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Nathan Hall and the Sinister Locals and Soft Hearted Scientists Cardiff, UK

The music mixes psychedelia with baroque touches, and analogue electronics and seeks to create the same confusion of the senses that a prime Beach Boys track does. Is it summer or is it Christmas? Neither. Its both simultaneously. The lyrics walk the dark side of Sunny Psychedelia Street and know that all is not well with the world. Burning effigies and suicidal Ice Road Truckers all feature. ... more

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