Brink Of Extinction

Helsinki based sextet Soft Power, release their second long-player, Brink Of Extinction. Since their self-released debut, “In a Brown Study”, drummer Mikael Jurmu has augmented the line up of Antti Vauhkonen (alto saxophonist/flautist), Staffan Södergård (Rhodes piano), Otto Kyrklund (guitar), Iiri Tulkki (bass) and Lauri Vertanen (tenor sax). This coincides with an evolution to a jazzier and groovier sound hinted at on the more guitar-based psych of their first
“Brink Of Extinction” is a concept album based on the human threat to the biodiversity of our planet. Indeed, the group pic on the sleeve sees the band in silhouette, teetering on a precipice. It’s heavy stuff! But there’s a positivity in the message and music mirroring much of the recent activism of the climate movement