For the fourth installment in Father/Daughter Records’ 15th anniversary covers series, Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture reimagines The Softies’ “I Said What I Said” into a breezy, samba-tinged sway
Last year, the Softies released their long-awaited reunion album. The duo of Tiger Trap’s Rose Melberg and Pretty Face’s Jen Sbragia started making hushed, intimate music together in 1994, and they released a handful of LPs before breaking up in 2000. Last year, the duo returned with “The Bed I Made”, their first album in 24 years. The record fits right in with the rest of their catalogue, and you can tell because another band is already covering that LP’s lead single “I Said What I Said.”
The song gains new warmth and movement with Pure Bathing Culture’s shimmery guitars and airy vocals cloaking the lyrics in a heartfelt haze, transforming it into something distinctly their own
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