While living in Boston, brothers David and Nicky Kulund began working with guitarist Irina Yalkowsky and formed the band David James Motorcycle. After building a solid following in the Boston music scene, in 2002 the band decided to pack up and move to New York City despite knowing that they would have to start again from scratch. With new material, a new bassist, Dave Stahl, and a new name, The Soft Explosions began playing to receptive audiences at Don Hill’s and the Mercury Lounge where their sound, a blurry mix of blues, glam, and rock n’ roll, had people taking notice. Further building the bands momentum, The Soft Explosions played Iriving Plaza when they won Little Steven's Underground Garage Battle of the Bands.

Released on Canarsie Records, Ride Between The Eyes is a brilliant effort that demonstrates The Soft Explosions ability to perfectly bring together a full spectrum of influences including Bowie-styled glam, vintage Rolling Stones and a little Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, (after years of intensive therapy of course). Songs like Reverberate (Let It All Start) and Desert’s Gold, both filled with tribal drumming, noisy guitar riffs, and throbbing bass lines, make Ride Between The Eyes infectious after the first listen. Knowing how to appropriate his sexy, if sometimes affected British-styled vocals, David Kulund seamlessly slips back and forth from the role of self-assured front man to poet laureate in a way that will surely attract him a groupie or ten.

If Ride Between The Eyes is any indication of what we can expect from The Soft Explosions in the future, there may be hope for rock after all.

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