---
title: "SOFT PLAY"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/soft-play"
genre: "Alternative Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 2012
---

# SOFT PLAY

**SOFT PLAY** is a alternative metal band, from United Kingdom, active 2012 to present.

Soft Play are an English punk rock duo formed by Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent in Royal Tunbridge Wells in 2012. They were known as Slaves until 2022, when they changed it and publicly apologized for its offensive reference to slavery.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Play

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | SOFT PLAY |
| Genre | Alternative Metal |
| Parent genre | Alternative Metal |
| Origin | Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 2012 |
| Releases in catalog | 8 |

## Genres

[Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Baby Dave](https://themetalnet.com/musician/baby-dave) |  |  | Current |
| [Laurie Vincent](https://themetalnet.com/musician/laurie-vincent) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | [Sugar Coated Bitter Truth](https://themetalnet.com/album/c987a6bb-43c2-4b6e-ab13-8b1289c47af2) | Album |
| 2015 | [Are You Satisfied?](https://themetalnet.com/album/75acfa47-714e-4d29-9fea-052b4a7f6b6b) | Album |
| 2015 | [HMV Exclusive EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/d8d318b4-60f4-4df4-b604-3d245a01d783) | EP |
| 2016 | [Take Control](https://themetalnet.com/album/198a4e1c-7bfd-4985-b0fc-da23299685e7) | Album |
| 2018 | [Acts of Fear and Love](https://themetalnet.com/album/006423b9-a21a-41e0-a006-e3d2b238afd8) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Velvet Ditch](https://themetalnet.com/album/c5a67c83-b345-4525-88f1-989d79c9dcbd) | EP |
| 2024 | [Everything and Nothing](https://themetalnet.com/album/93989a13-363b-45fb-9c90-c6f9da6ad34c) | EP |
| 2024 | [Heavy Jelly](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a1e0705-991d-4154-8579-1b63c1b9630c) | Album |

## Related bands

- [King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard) (listened together)
- [Eagles of Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/band/eagles-of-death-metal) (listened together)
- [Linkin Park](https://themetalnet.com/band/linkin-park) (listened together)
- [Sum 41](https://themetalnet.com/band/sum-41) (listened together)
- [Marmozets](https://themetalnet.com/band/marmozets) (listened together)
- [Incubus](https://themetalnet.com/band/incubus) (listened together)
- [Turbowolf](https://themetalnet.com/band/turbowolf) (listened together)
- [Deaf Havana](https://themetalnet.com/band/deaf-havana) (listened together)
- [Dream of the Sun](https://themetalnet.com/band/dream-of-the-sun) (same tags)
- [Cog](https://themetalnet.com/band/cog) (same tags)
- [Palmist](https://themetalnet.com/band/palmist) (same tags)
- [Lumen](https://themetalnet.com/band/lumen) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xByNj8XW17oW0wsJhgzYL
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1001361901
- x: https://twitter.com/softplayband
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/softplayband
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/197162677
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFqOLfGt44dmdhJQEml5O8w
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/softplayplaysoft/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/soft-play](https://themetalnet.com/band/soft-play). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt