M(H)AOL - Something Soft ASH RA TEMPEL Opening cut ‘1st of the

Opening cut ‘1st of the year’ is a heady slice of realisation that everything’s not going to work out as planned and is an outpouring of emotion which reveals a darker side to her music

The cult duo returns with one of 2025’s boldest and most immersive records

and the new project shares many of that album’s concerns

re-sequenced and made suite-like

Count Grassi's Passage Over

M(H)AOL - Something Soft ASH RA TEMPEL Opening cut ‘1st of theLP Standard Edition Black Vinyl. Something Soft, the second full length album by Irish post punk firebrands M(h)aol, is anything but. From the first note of its propulsive opening track to the distorted cries of its last, Something Soft feels antagonistic to the very concept of softness, sonically and thematically, taking an unapologetic approach to intersectional feminism, animal welfare, consumerism, and the struggle to find a place in a world