Soda P

Soda P’s music can be best described by the way of its band members. Joost is the designer, the one able to turn an idea into something tangible. Jeremy is the almost archetypal songwriter, the one who merges ideas, comes up with the melodies and maps out the song structures. Aldert is the architect, the builder, the one providing an esthetically sound, solid base. Together with their influences that vary from Tortoise, Slint, Karate and June of 44 to The Posies, The Lemonheads, Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr. and their preference for songs with latent tension wrapped up in melancholy, hope and passion it may become clear what Soda P sounds like. Add to this the band’s tendency to decompose song structures, restructuring them with a minimalist approach while at the same time fully exploiting the possibilities of a three-piece and one might grasp that for Soda P it’s all about writing good songs that demonstrate craftsmanship.

Soda P has shared the stage with numerous leading bands like a.o. Blonde Redhead, Victory At Sea, The Dismemberment Plan, Enon, 31 Knots, Xiu Xiu and Dianogah. The band is inextricably linked with the Dutch indie scene, not only through their loyalty towards the now defunct Zabel Muziek label, one of the leading Dutch indie labels at the time, but also given their friendly connections with a great deal of Dutch indie bands, including We vs. Death, Feverdream, Audiotransparent, Zoppo, Mono, Mercy Giants and Blues Brother Castro.