SOFT PLAY’s Laurie Vincent launches new band, Big Truck

SOFT PLAY’s Laurie Vincent has launched his new band, Big Truck.

Completed by drummer Sam Coppins, guitarist Asa Thallon and keyboardist Justin Myles, the quartet’s vibe is ‘heartland rock and ’80s Brit indie with a melancholy undertone’, according to a press release, with inspiration taken from the likes of The Cure, The Smiths, The War On Drugs and The Breeders.

You can hear what Big Truck are all about with their debut single Central Reservation Blues below. Of its meaning, Laurie share that, “I missed my partner’s birthday and my son’s birthday when I was in America. I’m no good at numbers and I tend to miss those details when we’ve got a big touring operation and things are booked a year in advance. Those birthdays I missed will be remembered forever, whereas I can’t even remember those gigs that I played.”

Check it out:

Catch the band live at the following:

Big Truck 2026 tour dates

May

8 London The Waiting Room
15 Brighton The Great Escape
23 Hebden Bridge Trades Club
28 Bristol The Exchange

June

19 Manchester Yes (Pink Room)
20 Liverpool Hangar 34

July

4 Bristol Tattoo Convention
11 Cheltenham 2000trees
17 Bedford Esquires
25 Margate Where Else?

August

1 Tunbridge Wells The Forum

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