Soviet Soviet Nice

01. Royal Casino 05. Lokomotiv 02. Restless 06. Cobretto 03. Marksman 07. White Details 04. First Man, Then Machine 08. S.Y. 09. Bulgary

RELEASE BIO Post-punk leaning trio Soviet Soviet was born in 2008 on the Adriatic coast of Italy by guitarist Alessandro Costantini, vocalist/bassist Andrea Giometti and drummer Alessandro Ferri. In 2009, they gained notoriety in Europe with a handful of self-released singles and incessant touring. Pitchfork caught wind and said the band “... take a broad view of the genre (post-punk), ignoring timestamps and geographic restrictions to assemble a specimen uniquely theirs,” and their influences seemed to suggest “...a passing familiarity with post-punk's steely derivatives, including French and Italian Cold Wave…” RELEASE INFO Label: felte The self-released singles were then turned into a nine track Catalogue Number: FLT-030 compilation titled Nice and re-released digitally by Italian label Format: LP Tannen in 2011. In the same year, the trio Immediately Release Date(s): July 08, 2016 followed up with the Summer, Jesus EP. In 2013, felte released UPC-LP: 616892368946 their debut titled Fate. felte is now reissuing these two Genre: Post-Punk, hints of French/Italian Coldwave releases leading into the band’s sophomore album, Endless, FIYL: Wire, Eagulls, Holograms, Gary Numan/ also to be released on felte in October 2016. Territory Restrictions: Italy Box Lot: LP = 50 Vinyl is Non-Returnable

LABEL CONTACT POINTS OF INTEREST Felte • 500 copies made [email protected] • Reissue of this compilation of self-released track from 2009 http://felte.net • Sophomore album due in October 2016 on felte • Past support from Stereogum, Pitchfork, Fader and more

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM SOVIET SOVIET Fate (LP/CD) [FLT-012] Summer, Jesus EP (12”) [FLT-031]

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