Album Review: Soft Hair - Soft Hair

21 October 2016 | 2:26 pm | Guido Farnell

"A playful album cheekily delivered by a couple of charmers from the indie pop underground."

Soft Hair get pretty freaky on their debut album.

The eccentric duo slip and slide into soft cruisy psychedelic electro-pop and funk that feels like early Prince in chilled, slow, wonky motion. This project is a collaboration between the charismatic Connan Mockasin and LA Priest/ex Late Of The Pier frontman Sam Dust. Mockasin, whose falsetto brings to mind Prince's helium phase, has made sure that this album feels like a natural progression from Caramel. Dust provides tasteful bubbles of pastel coloured synths. A playful album cheekily delivered by a couple of charmers from the indie-pop underground.