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01. The Soft Pink Truth - Mere Survival Is Not Enough
02. The Soft Pink Truth - And By and By A Cloud Takes All Away
03. The Soft Pink Truth - Phrygian Ganymede
04. The Soft Pink Truth - Underneath (I)
05. The Soft Pink Truth - L'Esprit de L'Escalier
06. The Soft Pink Truth - Time Inside the Violet
07. The Soft Pink Truth - Orchard
08. The Soft Pink Truth - Underneath (II)
ARTIST
TITLE
Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
THRILL 644LP THRILL 644LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/30/2026

LP version. "The Soft Pink Truth (Drew Daniel also of Matmos) grafts chamber music and electronic music into a beguiling new hybrid pop album that evokes mid-20th century film soundtracks with nods to minimalism. Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? features artwork by Robert Beatty (Tame Impala, The Weeknd). The new album features a host of special guests: Bill Orcutt offers one of his most delicate performances committed to record. Other guests include strings arranger Ulas Kurugullu, harpists Neleta Ortiz and Cecilia Cuccolin, pianists Koye Berry and M.C. Schmidt, the Ebu String Quartet, as well as woodwinds played by Brandon Wilkins and Evelyn Frances and Zach Rowden of celebrated noise duo Tongue Depressor provides grinding double bass drones. Wedding emotional expression with canny references to the inherited history of recorded music, the chimes, organ and pizzicato strings on 'Phrygian Ganymede' recall Bernard Herrmann's scores for classic Alfred Hitchcock films, while galloping marimbas lend a sense of screwball comedy on 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier.' Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? is a singular album that speaks to the prowess of Drew Daniel as a composer and producer, deftly interlacing pop structure and classical timbre while interlacing subtle electronic sound design with gorgeous acoustics. Across the album Daniel embraces a spirit of drama and romanticism that blurs the boundaries between unconscious desire and everyday reality. The Soft Pink Truth has created a sound world of lavish fantasy that acts as a balm and counterpoint to the communal pains of modern life."

"Like that clubber throwing dancefloor etiquette out of the window, The Soft Pink Truth create thrills in their quest for something deeper." --The Quietus

"[Daniel] excoriates populism by making protest a deeply sensual act" --Uncut