Along with an eventual career as a solo artist, Rose Melberg performed with Tiger Trap, Gaze, and Go Sailor.
As part of the Twee Pop movement centrally located in the Pacific Northwest, they were able to meet at performances for their respective bands.
Within months, they would record their critically acclaimed [citation needed] full-length Winter Pageant in Melberg’s childhood home in Sacramento, California.
The Softies almost exclusively use two electric guitars and harmonizing vocal melodies for their recorded tracks and live performances.
[3] For the first time since 2000, the Softies toured as part of Chickfactor 2012: For the Love of Pop, with shows in Brooklyn, Portland and San Francisco.