Soft Play tell us about scoring their highest-charting album yet – up against Eminem and Glass Animals

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Soft Play have spoken to NME about being on course for their highest-charting album yet – with ‘Heavy Jelly’ currently in the top three of the midweeks alongside the likes of Eminem and Glass Animals.UK punk duo Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman released ‘Heavy Jelly’, their first record since changing their name from Slaves to Soft Play, last Friday (July 19).“It would have been a lot easier to stay as Slaves through fear of all of the potential consequences that were running through our heads – losing our fan base, losing our direction, everything we’d built up – that it was actually a really tough thing to do, but we persevered through it, and it’s paid off,” they told NME. “We’ve set an example for people coming after us that it’s never too late to change course.” As Soft Play, the duo’s popularity only grown.

Their latest album, which they described as “a sort of manifesto of the band”, currently sits in the top three three on the midweek album charts, jostling with Glass Animals‘ ‘I Love You So F***ing Much‘ and Eminem‘s ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)‘.“It’s almost like the universe is rewarding us for doing something that was challenging,” they said.Check out our full interview with the duo below, where Soft Play talk about Eminem’s influence on the album, performing with Robbie Williams, what to expect from their upcoming tour, and more.NME: Hello Laurie and Issac.

You’re set for your highest-ever charting album this week. How does that feel? Soft Play: “It feels amazing; quite unexpected.

We thought that physical sales, or any sales, were dropping off. But the fact that we’ve done more than in the past is quite surreal.”How does it feel like to be within touching distance of someone like Eminem in the.