{"id":34937,"date":"2025-11-19T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=34937"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:19:14","slug":"ep-review-soft-on-crime-noz-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/ep-review-soft-on-crime-noz-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: Soft On Crime || Noz Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"557\">Dublin trio Soft On Crime may have a contrarian band name, and while their songs flirt with familiar indie rock DNA (yes, the Guided By Voices comparisons continue to write themselves), the fun is how unpredictably they put those pieces together. You never quite know where the next track will go\u2014only that there\u2019s about an 85% chance you\u2019ll love it too. Or make that 100% if we\u2019re talking about their new 5-song EP <em data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"556\">Noz Mat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"778\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This is scruffy, slightly psych-leaning, hook-sharp guitar pop that sounds effortless in all the right ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/new-album-soft-on-crime-street-hardware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We\u2019ve covered Soft On Crime before<\/a>, and something tells me we\u2019ll be doing it again. 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