{"id":549588,"date":"2026-04-25T06:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549588\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T06:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:39:12","slug":"soft-plays-laurie-vincent-launches-new-band-big-truck-with-melancholic-single-central-reservation-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549588\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Play’s Laurie Vincent launches new band Big Truck with melancholic single ‘Central Reservation Blues’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soft Play<\/a>\u2018s Laurie Vincent has launched a new band, Big Truck. Check out their first single, \u2018Central Reservation Blues\u2019, below.<\/p>\n

Big Truck sees Vincent joined by Sam Coppins on drums, Asa Thallon on guitar and Justin Myles on keys.<\/p>\n

\u2018Central Reservation Blues\u2019 comes from an upcoming debut album, though no title or release date has currently been announced.<\/p>\n

Departing from the raw, frenetic sounds of Soft Play, the song embraces heartland rock and 80s indie music, drawing on inspiration from The Cure<\/a> and The Smiths<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the track, Vincent says: \u201cI missed my partner\u2019s birthday and my son\u2019s birthday when I was in America. I\u2019m no good at numbers, and I tend to miss those details when we\u2019ve got a big touring operation and things are booked a year in advance. Those birthdays I missed will be remembered forever, whereas I can\u2019t even remember those gigs that I played.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Big Truck is formed around Vincent and Coppin\u2019s longtime friendship, with the two meeting as part of the Tunbridge Wells music scene 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll play a series of live dates later this year, including a performance at The Great Escape in May. Check out a full list below and find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Big Truck\u2019s 2026 live dates are:<\/p>\n

MAY
8 \u2013 The Waiting Room, London
15 \u2013 The Great Escape, Brighton
23 \u2013 Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
28 \u2013 The Exchange, Bristol<\/p>\n

JUNE
19 \u2013 Yes (Pink Room), Manchester
20 \u2013 Hangar 34, Liverpool<\/p>\n

JULY
4 \u2013 Tattoo Convention, Bristol
11 \u2013 2000trees, Cheltenham
17 \u2013 Esquires, Bedford
25 \u2013 Where Else?, Margate<\/p>\n

AUGUST
1 \u2013 The Forum, Tunbridge Wells<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

NME met Soft Play backstage at Reading Festival last year, where they shared details on their new album and hailed Kneecap for inspiring them to speak about Palestine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took too long to come to the forefront, but then going on tour with Kneecap in the US and watching three of the most eloquent people I\u2019ve ever met talk about it onstage fearlessly and educate us, and show that standing up for people that don\u2019t have a voice is so purposeful\u2026 The media makes you believe we\u2019re gonna lose everything if we do it, as well, when the reality is the people in the crowd are there with you,\u201d Vincent told us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soft Play\u2018s Laurie Vincent has launched a new band, Big Truck. Check out their first single, \u2018Central Reservation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,3583,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-549588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}