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Soft Shoulder

Experimental & noise band from Phoenix, AZ

Shows on record: 10
Rooms played: 8
Cities: 3
Releases: 27
Last show: Nov 11, 2019Club Congress

About

Soft Shoulder is a band from Phoenix, AZ, tagged experimental, garage, no wave by its sources. Shows on record run from 2013 to 2019, across 8 rooms in 3 cities.

Soft Shoulder is based in Phoenix — MusicBrainz
James Fella: member — MusicBrainz
Daniel Schurgin: member — MusicBrainz
Ryan Avery: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
A Claire Slattery: electric bass guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Mikey Wretch: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Soft Shoulder has 1 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2015–2015 — MusicBrainz
Soft Shoulder is based in Tempe, Arizona — Soft Shoulder on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Soft Shoulder 'Particles (ETC)' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2026) (2026-09-03) — Bandcamp
Soft Shoulder has 1052 listeners on Last.fm — Soft Shoulder on Last.fm
Soft Shoulder has released 10 recordings between 2022 and 2026 — Soft Shoulder on Discogs

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

10 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20131 show
20142 shows
20152 shows
20161 show
20171 show
20182 shows
20191 show

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Nov 11, 2019	Club Congress · TucsonSupportwith NOTS, Lenguas Largas	Support	NOTS, Lenguas Largas
Oct 14, 2018	The Lunchbox · PhoenixSupportwith Guerilla Toss	Support	Guerilla Toss
Apr 20, 2018	Valley Bar · PhoenixHeadlinerwith Dent, Nanami Ozone, B Boys, +1	Headliner	Dent, Nanami Ozone, B Boys, +1
Jun 23, 2017	Double Nickels Record Collective · TempeSupportwith Sunn Trio, The Myrrors	Support	Sunn Trio, The Myrrors
Nov 10, 2016	The Rebel Lounge · PhoenixSupportwith HEALTH, Ho99o9	Support	HEALTH, Ho99o9
May 31, 2015	Valley Bar · PhoenixSupportwith Ed Schrader's Music Beat	Support	Ed Schrader's Music Beat
May 19, 2015	Valley Bar · PhoenixSupportwith Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Wolf Alice, NOTS	Support	Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Wolf Alice, NOTS
Jul 26, 2014	Wallstreet · PhoenixSupportwith Happy Diving, Stressors, Destruction Unit, +4	Support	Happy Diving, Stressors, Destruction Unit, +4
Mar 21, 2014	Tempe · TempeSupportwith Neighborhood Brats, Man Hands, Robot Repair	Support	Neighborhood Brats, Man Hands, Robot Repair
Aug 15, 2013	The Trunk Space · PhoenixSupportwith Fathers Day, Ibn Ubo, Mr. Atomm's Bombs, +1	Support	Fathers Day, Ibn Ubo, Mr. Atomm's Bombs, +1

Where they play

8 rooms in 3 cities

Rooms played most

Valley Bar · Phoenix3 shows
Club Congress · Tucson1 show
Double Nickels Record Collective · Tempe1 show
Tempe · Tempe1 show
The Lunchbox · Phoenix1 show

Cities played

Phoenix7 shows
Tempe2 shows
Tucson1 show

Releases

27 releases, 2015–2026

Soft Shoulder 'Particles (ETC)' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2026)
Sep 3, 2026 · Album · 21 tracks
Soft Shoulder - 'Smudge On Plastic' 5" lathe (Alien Summer, 2026)
Apr 17, 2026 · Album · 1 track
Smudge On Plastic
2026
Soft Shoulder 'Smudge On Kill' CDr (Weird Machine, 2025)
Dec 12, 2025 · Album · 4 tracks
Smudge On Kill
2025
Soft Shoulder - "It's All A Small World After" LP (Gilgongo Records, 2023)
Dec 1, 2023 · Album · 16 tracks
Soft Shoulder 'Full (Coarse)' 7" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2023)
Apr 21, 2023 · Album · 3 tracks
Soft Shoulder 'Smile Building's Exit' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2023)
Mar 17, 2023 · Album · 13 tracks
Real Good (Sorry We Opened It)
2023
Full (Coarse)
2023
Smile Building's Exit
2023
It's All A Small World After
2023
Left Over, Table Top
2022
Decaying Path b/w Now Wait For Last Year
2022
World Of Arambula b/w Old Kinds Of Kicks
2022
CMYK
2022
Fabric
2015 · Ep
Soft Shoulder - "Real Good (Sorry We Opened It)" 7" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2023)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "A Quarter Of A Twelve's On One Half Of Ten" 10" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2022)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "CMYK" 5" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2022)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "World Of Arambula" 5" lathe (Alien Summer, 2022)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "Decaying Path b/w Now Wait For Last Year"" 5" lathe (Alien Summer, 2022)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "Left Over, Table Top" 5" lathe (Alien Summer, 2022)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "Formerly On Fluorescent Paper" LP (Gilgongo Records, 2021)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "Copy Machine Fall Down" 7" (Gilgongo Records, 2021)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "Gerber Meltdown (next to) FF and Backwards" 7" lathe (Weird Machine, 2021)
Album
Soft Shoulder - "Not The New One" LP (Gilgongo Records, 2020)
Album

Lineup

James Fella
Daniel Schurgin

Former

Ryan Avery
A Claire Slattery · electric bass guitar
Mikey Wretch

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder 'Particles (ETC)' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2026) — Release art · Soft Shoulder 'Particles (ETC)' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2026) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder - 'Smudge On Plastic' 5" lathe (Alien Summer, 2026) — Release art · Soft Shoulder - 'Smudge On Plastic' 5" lathe (Alien Summer, 2026) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder 'Smudge On Kill' CDr (Weird Machine, 2025) — Release art · Soft Shoulder 'Smudge On Kill' CDr (Weird Machine, 2025) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder - "It's All A Small World After" LP (Gilgongo Records, 2023) — Release art · Soft Shoulder - "It's All A Small World After" LP (Gilgongo Records, 2023) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder 'Full (Coarse)' 7" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2023) — Release art · Soft Shoulder 'Full (Coarse)' 7" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2023) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder 'Smile Building's Exit' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2023) — Release art · Soft Shoulder 'Smile Building's Exit' LP (Gilgongo Records, 2023) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder - "Real Good (Sorry We Opened It)" 7" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2023) — Release art · Soft Shoulder - "Real Good (Sorry We Opened It)" 7" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2023) — release

Soft Shoulder — Soft Shoulder - "A Quarter Of A Twelve's On One Half Of Ten" 10" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2022) — Release art · Soft Shoulder - "A Quarter Of A Twelve's On One Half Of Ten" 10" lathe (Deliberate Indifference, 2022) — release

Soft Shoulder — Club Congress, 2019-11-11 — Poster · Club Congress, 2019-11-11 — Songkick

Soft Shoulder — The Rebel Lounge, 2016-11-10 — Poster · The Rebel Lounge, 2016-11-10 — Songkick

Soft Shoulder — Valley Bar, 2015-05-19 — Poster · Valley Bar, 2015-05-19 — Songkick

Soft Shoulder — Tempe, 2014-03-21 — Poster · Tempe, 2014-03-21 — Songkick

Soft Shoulder — The Trunk Space, 2013-08-15 — Poster · The Trunk Space, 2013-08-15 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
Soft Shoulder on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
Soft Shoulder on Last.fm	Artist facts
Soft Shoulder on Discogs	Artist facts
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.