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Something Soft

by M(h)aol

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Stacie DaPonte This just released today apparently? Already listened to it 5 times over. Delightfully weird. Definitely gonna blow my car speakers.

Edit - did in fact blow my car speakers. Easily my favourite album of the year Favorite track: DM:AM.
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1.
Pursuit 03:26
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2.
I Miss My Dog 02:30
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3.
You Are Temporary, The Internet Is Forever 02:30
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4.
DM:AM 02:11
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5.
E8/N16 01:50
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6.
Vin Diesel 02:53
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7.
Clementine 02:57
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8.
Snare 03:29
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9.
IBS 01:27
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10.
1-800-Call-Me-Back 02:41
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11.
Coda 04:00
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about

Something Soft, the second full-length album by Irish post-punk firebrands M(h)aol, is anything but. From the first note of its propulsive opening track to the distorted cries of its last, Something Soft feels antagonistic to the very concept of softness, sonically and thematically, taking an unapologetic approach to intersectional feminism, animal welfare, consumerism, and the struggle to find a place in a world lacking in empathy. What M(h)aol offers is catharsis, in two forms: the kind you get from being open with others, and the kind you get from righteously smashing some shit up.

credits

released May 16, 2025

Lyrics by Constance Keane, Jamie Hyland

Recorded at Ailfionn Studio, Dublin 3
Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Jamie Hyland

Performed by
Constance Keane (drums, vocals)
Jamie Hyland (bass, vocals)
Sean Nolan (guitar)
Sarah Deegan (bass)
Zoë Greenway (bass, vocals, tracks 1, 7, 11)
Dara Kiely (vocals, track 7)

Photography by Jamie Hyland

Thank you to our families and friends, Jill, Merge Records and TULLE

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M(h)aol Dublin, Ireland

Feminism. Animal welfare. Chipper chips.

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