The legendary post-punk band The Soft Boys have reunited on stage in New York at a Yo La Tengo show – check out footage below.
Yo La Tengo were playing the fourth of a 10-night residence at the city’s Bowery Ballroom as part of their annual Hannukah celebrations on Saturday night (December 28) when three original members of The Soft Boys joined forces on stage to play a set of songs from across their career.
Frontman Robyn Hitchcock was joined by guitarist Kimberley Rew and drummer Morris Windsor and together they played a 13-song set, including classics such as ‘Underwater Moonlight’ and ‘Kingdom Of Love’.
After Yo La Tengo’s headline set, the two bands teamed up for an encore, which included The Soft Boys’ ‘Queen Of Eyes’ and ‘I Wanna Destroy You’, as well as The Velvet Underground’s ‘Run Run Run’ and The Beatles’ ‘It’s All Too Much’.
Check out the footage below.
The Soft Boys played:
‘Kingdom Of Love’
‘Madonna Of The Wasps’
‘Brenda’s Iron Sledge’
‘City Of Shame’
‘Sally Was A Legend’
‘Sudden Town’
‘Sounds Great When You’re Dead’
‘The Sir Tommy Shovell’
‘Give It To The Soft Boys’
‘The Pigworker’
‘Insanely Jealous’
‘He’s A Reptile’
‘Underwater Moonlight’
The Soft Boys formed in Cambridge in 1976 and released two studio albums – ‘A Can Of Bees’ (1979) and ‘Underwater Moonlight’ (1980) – before disbanding in 1981. They reunited in 2001 and released a third album ‘Nextdoorland’ the following year, before splitting once again in 2003.
The band’s bassist Matthew Seligman died in 2020 from COVID-19 complications at the age of 64.
Yo La Tengo are playing at the Bowery Ballroom every night up to and including New Year’s Day. Other guests to have joined them so far in the residency include Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Wilco’s Pat Sansone and comedian Fred Armisen. Proceeds from the shows go to Coalition For The Homeless.
