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s Lisa Wright called it "eleven tracks that condense everything brilliant about in a manner that feels truly confident in its own idiosyncratic skin", with songs like "a snarling shout from the middle of mental health issues ('Isaac Is Typing...')" that sit "alongside a ridiculous ode to action hero
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described it as "wilder, faster, heavier, more frenetic, and downright hilarious than anything they've done together before. Both cartoonish and extreme, it's a cycle of songs that are both heavy duty and utterly ridiculous."
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could be the ravishing debut from some doe-eyed newcomers with the visceral energy they're touting this time around, except therein lies a hardened exterior."
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are enormous; despite the despair, Soft Play's future has never looked brighter". Reviewing the album for
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based on five critics' reviews, which the website categorised as "universal acclaim". Robin Murray of
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Isaac Holman – lead vocals (all tracks); drums, percussion, backing vocals (tracks 1–10)
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Laurie Vincent – electric guitar (all tracks); backing vocals (tracks 1, 3–10);
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Jason Stafford – studio assistance (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9–11)
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received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator
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Index

Heavy Jelly (album)
Heavy Jelly (disambiguation)
A green jelly mould on a white platter on top of an orange surface.
Studio album
Soft Play
Genre
Punk rock
Label
BMG
Producer
Soft Play
The Velvet Ditch
Soft Play
BMG Rights Management
Metacritic
Clash
DIY
The Guardian
The Line of Best Fit
Metacritic
Clash
DIY
The Guardian
punk-metal
The Line of Best Fit
Isaac Holman
Laurence Vincent
Raven Bush
programming
production

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