"Soft/Rock" is the debut single released by

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on 21 June 2001. The 7" single was released in two formats; the first was limited to 1,000 copies and released on blue vinyl, each coming in its own hand-stitched denim sleeve with a flavoured

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/ref> the second was also limited to 1,000 copies but released on black vinyl in a black sleeve with a sticker. The first twelve or so (exact numbers unknown) of the blue vinyl edition were different in design from the others, featuring enhanced embroidery and a

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from the award-winning embroidery artist, Laura Lees. These extremely rare singles were very time-consuming to fabricate, so the design was simplified for the remainder of the format. Therefore, the first twelve are highly sought after and occasionally change hands on

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for several hundred pounds. The

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, "Soft", features an uncleared sample from

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's " If You Leave Me Now" with a vocal track taken from an archive episode of the religious "Pause for Thought" segment of a

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show. The

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titled "Rock" contains samples of

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version of

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's " Hard to Handle". "Soft", samples intact, would eventually be properly released as the B-side for "Nice Weather for Ducks" in 2003. "Soft" was also featured on the ''Shaun of the Dead'' soundtrack album, mixed in with samples of dialogue from the film.

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