![]() ![]() “Out of the Picture,” by the way, has been appearing in setlists from Robyn’s current tour with the Venus 3 – a welcome return of a great song. There’s a selection of tunes from the two proper Soft Boys records, along with a handful of rarities, including two Barrett-era Floyd covers, Maureen & the Meatpackers’ “Zip Zip” and “Out of the Picture,” which would emerge on Hitchcock’s excellent solo debut, Black Snake Diamond Role. As nice as that show was, I think I’d’ve rather seen this one. 21 years later, I caught the reunited band at this very same venue. The audio here isn’t perfect, but it’s very listenable, capturing the supremely tight Soft Boys in front of a very enthusiastic Maxwell’s crowd in Hoboken, NJ. And this recording, from the band’s brief east coast Underwater Moonlight tour in 1980, is full of that sound. The Soft Boys! Sometimes I think there is no better sound than Kimberley Rew and Robyn Hitchcock’s interlocking psychedelic guitars. This is a good one – here’s what I wrote back in … 2009? (And hey did you know that Robyn Hitchcock released a fantastic solo album this year?) The Soft Boys - Maxwell’s, Hoboken, New Jersey, September 6, 1980
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