Hen's Teeth to host Soft Boy Records for Record Store Day this Saturday

Hen's Teeth in Dublin is set to host 'Deli Daydreaming' on Saturday to mark Record Store Day with Soft Boy Records.

The DIY label is home to the likes of Kojaque, Kean Kavanagh, Yenkee, Gaptoof, Five to Two, Wastefellow, Henry Earnest, Célia Tiab, Brién and more.

Saturday's event will see sets from the Soft Boy DJs, Biblical Plague, Emmy Shigeta and Strangelove in Dublin 8.

"Really looking forward to Deli Daydreaming with you all at @hensteethdublin for record store day this Saturday!" London-based Dublin hip-hop artist Kojaque posted to his Instagram page. "We have some extra copies of Deli Daydreams to sell so we’ll be down signing records and DJing into the wee hours!"

Record and merchandise pop up will take place from 3pm until 8pm before the Soft Boy party kicks in from then until 2am. No tickets are needed, there'll be limited tickets for the party available at the door.

 

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Irish rapper Kojaque's seminal mixtape Deli Daydreams arrived five years ago to critical acclaim, going on to earn a Choice Music Prize nomination for Album of the Year.

Speaking to Hot Press in 2018, Kojaque described the origins of Soft Boy Records - which has now earned its rightful place as a staple of Irish DIY music.

“It’s the three of us who started Soft Boy Records – Kean Kavanagh, Steve Byrne and me," he explains. "We’ve indoctrinated a lot of different people along the way, but we all have our expertise in different areas – it very much is a collective effort. Everything is passed between the three of us, but we include our 'outside' friends too, so we don’t get too much tunnel vision."

“The label itself is starting to gain a lot of traction too out in public. It’s funny seeing people walking around wearing the merchandise. It was just something that we had wanted to do for ages. I don’t pay too much attention to social media if I can, in terms of numbers and all that shit. It freaks you out – and it’s not an accurate representation of life. You can also get bigheaded and down on yourself, if you’re pitting too much of your own self-worth on how many likes you get on a video. Anything like that is a recipe to destroy yourself. I kinda forget that the stuff is popular. So to see people walking around and wearing it... that’s odd.”

Listen to Deli Daydreams below.