Exciting! Those Soft Pack boys are smart cookies. Good Decision #1, leave San Diego, move to LA. Not that I don’t love San Diego, they have GREAT Mexican food and it’s fun to surf there. But the music scene? Desolate. Good Decision #2, play anywhere and everywhere. Take over The Echo. Take over houses in Downey. Take over Amoeba, take over Pershing Square, open for great bands, open for terrible bands, just play play play, make people listen. Obviously, this won’t work if your music is terrible or if you are Little Red Radio, but I repeat myself. The Soft Pack deserve this cover! Be sure to head over to LA Record for a free download and info about the issue release party at Cha Cha Lounge. Hey, and my new loves Harlem are in here too! Catch em at Spaceland on February 20th.