ISOTOPE SOAP- Rise of the Centaur LP

They do not fit neatly anywhere and never have.

Formed to push electricity, rhythm, and attitude past usefulness, ISOTOPE SOAP combine punk urgency with warped synth structures and songs that refuse to settle into nostalgia or irony. The result is aggressive, melodic, strange, direct, and physical.

Following the death of member Benjamin Vallé, the band fell into stalemate for two years. Some shows were made. Some singles released.

Here’s their second debut LP. More direct, sharp and melodic.

The record does not mourn. It moves forward.

ISOTOPE SOAP have been described as finishing what others started:

• OX Fanzine: “Where DEVO were too good and others too undecided, ISOTOPE SOAP finish what was promised.”

• Razorcake: “Some of the best of its kind in decades.”

• Maximum Rocknroll: “Glorious synth freaks… bizarre structures and a timeless sound that refuses to fit into any decade.”


They avoid retro worship though their inspiration from the past can be heard.


Influences collide rather than align:
DEVO tension, SCREAMERS minimalism, GERMS aggression, THE STRANGLERS angular melody, old obscure USHC for that centaur on the top, early industrial pulse — stripped down and rewired.