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Chris Staples American Soft Divine Splatter Instead of presenting tracks orStaples wrote portions of American Soft while squatting in his abandoned childhood home, a Pensacola, FL bungalow empty save for an old piano. I slept on a Coleman cot for two months. The yard was overgrown up to my waist, Staples remembers. The neighbor lady across the street used to babysit me. I ran into her one day and she didnt even recognize me. I hadnt seen her in 15 years.American Softs musical ideas are at once diverse and cohesive, the