SOFT MACHINE

SID SMITH

Softs ESOTERIC John Etheridge’s Softs’ debut remastered. Originally released in 1976, Softs was something of a make-or-break album in Soft Machine’s career. It came after the band had suffered a serious setback following the abrupt departure of guitarist Allan Holdsworth, who quit the band to join Tony Williams’s Lifetime in the USA. That he took off just as Bundles, their first album for EMI’s Harvest label, came out in 1975 added insult to injury. Fortunately, Holdsworth made amends by suggesting his replacement should be the relatively unknown John Etheridge. “It was a make-or-break album in Soft Machine’s career.” What Softs makes abundantly clear is that whereas Holdsworth’s fiery legato technique tended to skim over Karl Jenkins’s ornately structured contributions, Etheridge digs deeper into the material. Previously with Darryl Way’s Wolf…

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