souls of sophie

Souls of Sophie calls Columbia home by way of New Orleans, Chicago and Portland. It’s more than a little odd to end up in the Capital City considering the dense musical pedigree of each of those other cities, but when you dabble on the lighter side of post-punk with a self-proclaimed strain called “modern-wave,” I imagine home can be whereever it’s dark enough to summon the lords of gothic rock. SOS — an acronym that cannot be an accident — plays to your expected shoegaze and electronic goth touchstones: The Cure, OMD, Depeche Mode, Slowdive, etc., with a competent mix of swirling ‘80s synths, overly simplistic programmed drums, and the foundation of any self-respecting dark wave band: Melodramatic baritone vocals.
E. Greenwood - The Free times - Columbia,SC

Souls of Sophie at Art Bar. When Marty Fort, Art Bar's booking agent, tells us to listen to a band, we oblige. And he's right: Souls of Sophie, a goth band with a post punk and shoegaze gleam, is the best Columbia has seen. The music has an ethereal punchiness, and when it's droney, it's on purpose. - Otis Taylor - The State: Columbia,SC