Heavy Jelly (album)

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Heavy Jelly
Soft Play - Heavy Jelly.png
Studio album by
Soft Play
Released19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)
Genre Punk rock
Length29:17
Label BMG
Producer Jolyon Thomas
Soft Play chronology
The Velvet Ditch
(2019)		Heavy Jelly
(2024)

Heavy Jelly is the fourth album by English punk rock duo Soft Play, released on 19 July 2024 through BMG Rights Management. It is their first album under the name Soft Play, having been known as Slaves until 2022. The album received universal acclaim from critics.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 7/10 [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [5]

Heavy Jelly received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, which the website categorised as "universal acclaim". [1] Robin Murray of Clash described it as "wilder, faster, heavier, more frenetic, and downright hilarious than anything they've done together before. Both cartoonish and extreme, it's a cycle of songs that are both heavy duty and utterly ridiculous." [2] DIY 's Lisa Wright called it "eleven tracks that condense everything brilliant about [Soft Play] in a manner that feels truly confident in its own idiosyncratic skin", with songs like "a snarling shout from the middle of mental health issues ('Isaac Is Typing...')" that sit "alongside a ridiculous ode to action hero 'John Wick' and a moving tribute to Isaac's recently-passed friend Bailey ('Everything and Nothing') in a way that somehow makes complete sense". [3]

Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian characterised Heavy Jelly as "an album full of very harsh, relatively atonal punk-metal – a mode that can get monotonous. Still, the highlights of Heavy Jelly are enormous; despite the despair, Soft Play's future has never looked brighter". [4] Reviewing the album for The Line of Best Fit , Steven Loftin wrote that "this new start feels fresh. Heavy Jelly could be the ravishing debut from some doe-eyed newcomers with the visceral energy they're touting this time around, except therein lies a hardened exterior." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Isaac Holman, Laurence Vincent, and Jolyon Thomas. "All Things" written with Monk; "Everything and Nothing" written with Raven Bush.

Heavy Jelly track listing
No.TitleLength
1."All Things"2:43
2."Punk's Dead"3:11
3."Act Violently"2:51
4."Isaac Is Typing..."2:44
5."Bin Juice Disaster"1:55
6."Worms on Tarmac"2:02
7."John Wick"1:22
8."Mirror Muscles"2:41
9."Working Title"2:49
10."The Mushroom and the Swan"3:02
11."Everything and Nothing"3:57
Total length:29:17

Personnel

Soft Play

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Heavy Jelly
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 3
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [8] 1
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [9] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "Heavy Jelly by Soft Play Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 Murray, Robin (18 July 2024). "Soft Play – Heavy Jelly | Reviews". Clash . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 Wright, Lisa (19 July 2024). "Soft Play – Heavy Jelly review". DIY . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 Aroesti, Rachel (19 July 2024). "Soft Play: Heavy Jelly review – songs of love, loss and leaking bin bags". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 Loftin, Steven (18 July 2024). "Soft Play: Heavy Jelly Review – punk wit". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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