Back to Soft

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Back to Soft
Coke Weed - Back to Soft.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 2013 (2013-07-23)
Genre Indie rock, neo-psychedelia
Length41:20
Label Beyond Beyond Is
Coke Weed chronology
Nice Dreams
(2012)
Back to Soft
(2013)

Back to Soft is the third album by psychedelic rock band Coke Weed. It was released on July 23, 2013. [1] The album was self-produced and mixed by Nick Stumpf.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound (C+) [2]
The Phoenix (positive) [3]
AltSounds (79%) [4]
Ear Buddy(7.8/10) [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Milan McAlevey.

No.TitleLength
1."Sunseekers"3:55
2."Back to Soft"4:06
3."Anklet"4:34
4."Desert Sleeper"3:56
5."Poison"4:28
6."Maryanne"3:40
7."Blue Flag"5:23
8."Som"3:50
9."Buckets"4:15
10."Manchester"3:13
Total length:41:20

Personnel

  • Nina Donghia - vocals
  • Milan McAlevey - guitar, vocals
  • Caleb Davis - guitar, backing vocals
  • Zach Soares - bass
  • Peter Cuffari - drums, and percussion

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