Soft Power Records

{{short description|Scottish independent record label}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Soft Power Records

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| founded = 2010

| defunct = 2016

| founder = Bek & Graeme Galloway

| distributor =

| genre = Indie pop, indie rock, noise pop

| country = United Kingdom

| location = Livingston, West Lothian

| url = https://softpowerrecords.bandcamp.com/
http://www.softpowervinyl.bigcartel.com/

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Soft Power Records was a Scottish independent record label and online record shop based in Livingston, West Lothian and active from 2010 to 2016. It was founded by Bek & Graeme Galloway.{{cite web|url=http://diymag.com/archive/label-intensive-soft-power-records|title=Label Intensive: Soft Power Records|first=Lucy|last=Dearlove|publisher=DIY|date=1 May 2012|accessdate=2 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isthismusic.com/soft-power-records|title=Soft Power Records A Label of Love|first=Stuart|last=McHugh|publisher=Is This Music?|date=9 August 2012|accessdate=2 March 2018}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=21st Century Perspectives on Music, Technology, and Culture: Listening Spaces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubTtCwAAQBAJ&q=bek+and+graeme+soft+power+records&pg=PA38|year=2016|publisher=Palgrave MacMillan|isbn = 9781137497604|editor-first1=Richard|editor-last1=Purcell|editor-first2=Richard|editor-last2=Randall|accessdate=2 March 2018}} It specialised in indie and noise pop music.

All of their releases were in an analogue format (though accompanied by digital downloads), usually vinyl records or cassette.

Artists released by Soft Power

  • Aggi Doom
  • Beat Mark
  • Big Wave
  • Blood of the Bull
  • Cruising
  • The Debutantes
  • Dirty Beaches
  • Dog Legs
  • Dora Maar
  • H. Grimace
  • The Hollows
  • Holy Motors
  • HUNK!
  • Kaspar Hauser
  • Obedient Wives Club
  • Conor Prendergast
  • The Rosy Crucifixion
  • September Girls
  • The Spook School
  • The Tamborines
  • Theoretical Girl
  • Trogons
  • The Wharves
  • Witching Waves{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/witching-waves-mn0003482991/biography|title=Witching Waves Biography|first=Tim|last=Sendra|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://amazingradio.com/news-2/interviews/label-profile-soft-power-records|title=Label Profile: Soft Power Records|publisher=Amazing Radio|date=25 November 2014|accessdate=2 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18561/reviews/4148540|title=Album Review: Witching Waves – Fear of Falling Down|publisher=Drowned in Sound|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190603/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18561/reviews/4148540|url-status=dead}}
  • Wolf Girl

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