June 10, 2026

Words:: Emma Wilkes
Photo:: Jude Harrison

Big Truck - the new project from Soft Play’s Laurie Vincent - have announced their debut album Midday At The Middleway and shared the dreamy single Collided.

Laurie unveiled the project earlier this year with the single Central Reservation Blues, which also appears on the new album. Midday At The Middleway will arrive on August 28 via Marshall Records.

To celebrate, they’ve also released the single Collided, which Laurie says is “one of my favourite songs on the record.”

“My musicianship is quite untrained, and I didn’t even realise I was writing it in 6/8 time,” he explains. “That’s the kind of stuff that’s been allowed to shine on this record, because it’s a full band and Sam [Coppin]’s jazz background helps those moments to work.”

Sam adds: “Collided has this quality that I think is a snapshot into how good Laurie is. It scratches the surface of what he is going to reveal as a result of this project.”

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Track listing:

Feel Me?...
Central Reservation Blues
Polyester Vibrations (and the Handstand Currency)
Surf The Suffering
Collided
Head So Full (algae riddim)
Rebounder
Dress For All Weathers
Interlude
Heavensent
Keep On Trucking

Big Truck will make their festival debut at 2000trees next month and they’ve got some other dates in the diary this summer too.

Catch them at the following:

June

19 Manchester Yes (Pink Room)
20 Liverpool Hangar 34

July

4 Bristol Tattoo Convention
17 Bedford Esquires
25 Margate Where Else?
31 Guildford Boileroom

August

1 Tunbridge Wells The Forum

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