Based in and around Richmond-Upon-Thames, classified as Indie, Dream Pop, Shoegaze or Futuristic Folk by some North American radio stations, our friends will tell you Soft Cotton County has a few additional colours in the mix that can sometimes transfer to other delicates.
Created by Andy Coombs, primarily as a vehicle for his song writing, Soft Cotton County is a long-running recording project. Since 2009 and the eponymous album on 5000 Records, there have been five EPs – all met with critical acclaim. And now, finally, a second album, a project started in 2014, interrupted more times than a PM at the dispatch box, we give you ‘10 Years of Travel,’ ta daa!
Soft Cotton County features Shira Fox (vocals), Sascha Panknin (production and instruments) Andy Coombs (composition, instruments and production).
‘… this album (10 Years of Travel) feels like a message from out there.
It sedates rather than energises, almost as if giving you permission to float safely with it… ‘(It Could Happen to You) is delicate and fragile, but a thing of beauty like an empty wasps’ nest or a butterfly’s chrysalis …’
POP IN THE REAL WORLD 2024
LP vinyl ’10 Years of Travel’ available now
Somewhere in the hinterland between Dreampop and Indie, slow-burning vanilla
notes and bittersweet words, never knowingly unmelodic, this is the first
Soft Cotton County album since the transit of Venus.
Subtle hooks that will hold a heavy raincoat or a silk summer shawl. Ten
ethereal tracks of quirk, strangeness and charm.
Vinyl LP available from Bandcamp, and digitally from all major outlets. Please click icon to purchase from Bandcamp:
Spotify:
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Discography
Coward of the Country Fair – Radio Mix/
The Future’s Not What it Used to Be – Justin Robertson’s Five Green Moons Remix (2025 – FT124-3)
Somewhere There’s a Jukebox Playing (2024 Single – FT123-3)
It Could Happen to You (2024 Single – FT121-3)
The Future’s not what it Used to Be (2024 Single – FT119-3)
It Could Happen to You – Superpulse mixes (2024 Single – FT118-3)
10 Years of Travel (2024 Album – FT115-3)
Blue On Blue – Mixes (2016 EP – FT101-3)
Blue On Blue (2016 EP – FT099-3)
The Man Who Walked on the Moon (2014 EP – FT090-3)
Looking For You Know Who (2012 EP – FT084-3)
Leave Tomorrow (2010 EP – FT079-3)
Soft Cotton County (2009 Album – FT071-3)
