Manchester-based quintet Soup! have re-emerged with Supplies, their first single of 2023.
Unfolding like a late-night run-in between retro-tinted jangle-pop and modern-day stark in a lively Northern Quarter backstreet, Supplies sees the fast-ascending five-piece further stake their place as one of the most compelling acts on the city’s burgeoning scene.
Putting a crisp and commanding spin on post-punk sprechgesang and veering further into synth-laden art-punk territory, the new track finds the band offering their two cents on the inevitable pitfalls of our poor life choices.
As vocalist Matthew Beswick explains:
“Supplies is about the frustration of watching someone close to you live their life in a way you know isn’t going to make them happy in the long-run, and also wanting them to come back to you but feeling selfish about it and questioning your own motivations.”
Popping with the nuanced character and colourful palette we have come to expect from Soup!’s releases, the band also cite a host of retro influences such as Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Josef K and Factory Records heroes A Certain Ratio; all of whom are said to filtered into its heady brew of sounds.
Recorded at Airtight Studios in Chorlton with producer Seadna McPhail (The Orielles, Blanketman, Everything Everything), the track started out as an electronic cut with heavy drum samples, before mutating into a more fluid flurry of danceable guitars and hovering synths.
They will perform at The Key Club in Leeds on February 21st.