The Soft Pink Truth, otherwise known as Matmos’ Drew Daniel, has shared details of a new album, titled Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?
Spanning eight tracks, the album features guest contributions from a vast cast of artists that includes Bill Orcutt, Andrew Bernstein of Horse Lords, M.C. Schmidt of Matmos, string player and arranger Ulas Kurugullu, and vocalist Helen Spencer Wallace, among others. The record sees Daniel explore elements of chamber and electronic music.
The album is preceded by lead cut ‘Time Inside The Violet’, which you can watch a video for below.
In a statement about the song, Daniel said: “The phrase ‘time inside the violet’ appears in a poem written by my friend Chris Nealon, and I use it with his kind permission. This entire album is a reflection on time, its passage and retrieval, and the emotional turbulence that can wash over you as you feel time’s irreversibility. There is a central piano figure played by [husband and Matmos partner] M.C. Schmidt, here arranged for strings by Ulas Kurugullu, until there is a kind of violent interruption of that pattern, a sudden feeling of panic, and then the music re-orients itself as the piano figure returns.”
Thrill Jockey will release Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? on January 30, 2026.
