The Sophs - Sweat

Released 20th June 2025

The Sophs arrived out of the great blue yonder, says Rough Trade co-founders Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee of the labels newest signing, LA six-piece The Sophs. The bands brutal honesty, flamingly intrusive thoughts, and broad genre-spreading caught their attention immediately. Rough Trade heard the sort of creativity and variety and dont expect me to act pretty sentiment that could get The Sophs including frontman Ethan Ramon, Sam Yuh (keyboards), Austin Parker Jones (electric guitar), Seth Smades (acoustic guitar), Devin Russ (drums), and Cole Bobbitt (bass) a slot on nearly any stage. Its rare that a demo that arrives in the post sets your heart racing and sends you off on a quest to track down its sender. But thats what happened when we listened to the music sent to us by Ethan Ramon, Travis and Lee explain.

As a band newly entering the public sphere, signing with Roug