IS IT GOING TO GET ANY DEEPER THAN THIS?

Hot on the heels of the sold-out limited EP Was It Ever Real', The Soft Pink Truth releases a super catchy, sexy contemporary disco banger Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This', Throughout the ten songs of the album, the provocation to
go "deeper" prompts promiscuous moves across the genres
of disco, minimalism, ambient, and jazz, sliding onto and off
of the dancefloor, sweeping higher and lower on the scale of
frequencies, engaging both philosophical texts re-set as pop
lyrics and wordless glossolalia.
Daniel's romantic and musical partner M.C. Schmidt and
friend Koye Berry play piano, Mark Lightcap (Acetone, Dick Slessig Combo) plays acoustic and electric guitar, Jason Willett (Half Japanese) plays bass, Nate Wooley plays trumpet, Brooks Kossover (Drugdealer) plays flute, John Berndt
and Andrew Bernstein (Horse Lords) play saxophone, and shakers, shekere, tumba, triangle and cajon parts are played
by Cuban percussionist Ayoze de Alejandro Lopez. There are
chamber instruments as well: harpsichord by Tom Boram, harp by Obadias Guerra, Irish harp by Una Monaghan and, on many tracks, lush string arrangements by Turkish arranger
Ulas Kurugullu for violin, viola, and cello that recall the Love
Unlimited Orchestra found on classic Barry White albums.
Throughout, Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This' aims for
a kind of psychedelic poolside take on disco, using the steady
120 bpm rhythmic chassis of the music as a launchpad for
reverie rather than big room EDM bluster. Sidestepping retro
kitsch but paying homage to highly personal interpretations of
disco such as Arthur Russell, Don Ray, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, and Mandr , or the jazz funk of Creed Taylor and CTI Records. Its emphasis on slowly morphing deep house grooves will also appeal to fans of DJ Sprinkles, Moodymann, and Theo Parrish. At once catchy and spacey, poppy and
perverse, Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This' shows a
restless musician trying to square the circle of dance music and
meditation, repetition, and change.