Soft Plastics

Sophie Scott-Maunder (she/her), Jonathan Shirley (he/him), and Laura Robinson (she/her) make up Soft Plastics, an indie rock trio based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, NZ). Combining brooding shoegaze with endlessly atmospheric indie rock, Soft Plastics expertly blend melody and groove with moments of noise and power.

Their long-awaited debut album ‘Saturn Return’ was released in 2023 to much fanfare in the indie music scene. Recorded with producer and sound engineer James Goldsmith at the Surgery Studios, the album will feel bracingly familiar for anyone who has been put through Saturn’s wringer, and provides an illuminated pathway for those among us still ticking off their twenties.

The group have toured extensively throughout Aotearoa with NZ music legends, Fur Patrol. They have appeared alongside SILICON and King Sweeties at the Parrotdog Music Festival, and opened for The Beths and Hans Pucket. They have performed headline slots at indie festivals like The Others Way, CubaDupa, Newtown Festival, Rad Fest, Welcome To Nowhere and Slow Note.