Yep Roc to Reissue Two Classic Soft Boys Albums on CD and Vinyl

The Soft Boys’ classic Underwater Moonlight is getting another reissue treatment on 19 October, this time in original form. Unlike Matador’s reissue to celebrate the band’s reunion in 2001, this reissue will be released as it was originally on Armageddon records: 10 tracks. It will be available on CD and 180 gram vinyl, and the bonus tracks that took up about most of Rykodisc’s and Matador’s reissues will be available as digital downloads upon purchase.

Also being reissued on CD, and for the first time on vinyl, is the Soft Boys’ debut, A Can of Bees, for those interested in the earliest recordings of the band.

The Soft Boys originally formed in 1976 and only lasted a few years. However, their sound, ranging from early punk rock to jangle pop to psychedlia, was highly influential to the Replacements, R.E.M., and the Los Angeles Paisley Underground movement of the early 1980s. Frontman Robyn Hitchcock is now playing with the Venus 3 and their most recent record, Goodnight, Oslo is also available through Yep Roc (a small label whose claim to fame is perpetuating modern releases from classic acts like Nick Lowe, Paul Weller, and Steve Wynn, to name a few).