Small Pond detail Alex Farrar-produced album, Soft Burn

Soft Burn follows the band's 2022 debut Let It Fall Like It Should, with "Silver Coin" arriving as the introduction to their first full-length collection of songs in four years. “‘Silver Coin’ is about looking at a relationship from the outside almost like a third person perspective, watching yourself and not always liking what you see,” explains singer Molly McDevitt. “It's about the disconnect that comes when you know you're not showing up the way you want to for the people who matter to you, and the discomfort of admitting that.”

The album was produced by Alex Farrar at Sun Drop Studios, who is known for his work with Wednesday, MJ Lenderman, Briston Maroney, Mercury, Indigo De Souza, Snail Mail, Waxahatchee, and more. "We didn’t go into this album with a concept," the band explain. "A lot of these songs came from different places and different times, some dating back to Molly’s solo EP, others (like 'soft burn' and 'spit') written in the gaps between our two recording sessions, one in September and one the following February."

"What we did know going in was the sound we wanted to chase," they continue. "We wanted to span genres the way we always have, from the pop-leaning production of “everything’s quiet” to the funkier roots of songs like “darlene” and “holy,” while pushing into heavier, harder territory on the back half of the record. None of us listen to the same music or write the same way, so whatever comes out when we’re in a room together ends up being its own kind of amalgamation, which feels very Small Pond to us."