Soft as Hell is a Brighton project led by one person who wrote the track and played everything except the drums, which are handled by Jamie-Ray Scarratt. The stated reference points are Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, and western films, and the track leans into that mix through mood and movement.
“I’d Rather Fly” opens with organs filling the high end, bright and wide, then drops into a more distant guitar lead and drums. It’s fully instrumental. The pull comes from how the parts sit across the stereo: organ wash up top, guitar further back, drums keeping the groove steady. The feel stays psychedelic with an alternative backbone.
The chord progression and guitar riff do the main work. The track stays clear even when the textures smear together, then separate again. Near the end, a dancey funk section arrives and changes the track’s feel, giving the closing stretch a tighter pocket and more bounce.
The recording was split between a studio and home, with trial and error in the process of getting it right. The finished track lands cinematic, nostalgic, and psychedelic without needing a vocal to sell the mood.
Sync fit: opening titles, travel and landscape sequences, ad background beds that want motion without vocals, and film scenes that need a psychedelic instrumental groove with a funkier turn near the end.
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