Canadian twin duo Softcult have kicked off the year by releasing a brand new song, “Shortest Fuse” — a massive fusion of genres including shoegaze, grunge, and riot grrrl.
“Shortest Fuse” is Softcult’s most direct and ultimate criticism of the downfalls of a capitalist society and, more specifically, the chokehold it has over low-income households.
Mercedes (she/her) and Phoenix (they/them) Arn-Horn dedicate their creative forces to storytelling with a purpose. They have a young but booming discography, and have prided themselves on tackling issues that others may be afraid to even comment on. The result is a self-sustaining universe around their art that stands for something bigger than themselves and any of us alone.
“Capitalism seems to be designed to keep underprivileged people toiling in a never ending cycle of debt and poverty where their labor is underpaid in order to profit their employers,” Softcult says on the new single. “The benefits of capitalism are rarely equally distributed, accruing wealth to a very small percentage of the population. Built on the notion of greed, benefitting only by paying workers less than what their labor is worth, it’s difficult to not become disenfranchised with capitalism when you exist in this reality and see no end in sight. We can’t become complicit in a system that is designed to keep us down.”
Listen to “Shortest Fuse” below.
Tour dates:
February 14 Neighborhood Theatre (Side Stage) Charlotte NC
February 22 Preserving Underground New Kensington PA
February 23 Mohawk Place Buffalo NY
with Present.:
June 30, 2024 – recordBar – Kansas City, MO
July 02, 2024 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
July 03, 2024 – Soundwell – Salt Lake City, UT
