The Soft Moon has signed with Sacred Bones, and is currently readying his fourth studio LP Criminal for release on February 2nd, 2018. The upcoming record finds Luis Vasquez returning to work with producer Maurizio Baggio at La Distilleria in Bassano Del Grappa, Italy. Like on his 2015 LP Deeper (Captured Tracks), also produced by Baggio, Criminal finds Vasquez continuing to push vocals to the forefront of his musical expression. While the artist’s work has always offered an existentially harrowing view of life, on Criminal he turns the microscope even more squarely on his own sense of pain and dread. Vasquez explains:
“Guilt is my biggest demon and has been following me since childhood. Everything I do strengthens the narrative that I am guilty. The concept of Criminal is a desperate attempt to find relief by both confessing to my wrongdoings and by blaming others for their wrongdoings that have affected me.”
“Burn” opens with the admission, “I can’t control myself,” and with each gut-wrenching confession, the singer establishes that this breakdown in self-trust is total. Left later to declare, “I am the stranger living in my skin,” the music here churns and reels in a dark, downward spiral. The lyric video for the track was directed by Kelsey Henderson, and it combines seedy back alley footage into a hard-edged but mysterious scenario.
Look for The Soft Moon to take off this week for globe-trotting dates that include a stop in LA for the Sacred Bones 10th Anniversary showcase, Cloak and Dagger. You’ll find the tour schedule after the video embed below…
Watch: The Soft Moon “Burn (Official Lyric Video)”
The Soft Moon Fall Tour 2017
10/19 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine *
10/21 – Los Angeles, CA – Cloak and Dagger (Sacred Bones 10th Anniversary)
10/22 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle #
10/24 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade NYC §
10/27 – Athens, Greece – F.O.S. Festival
11/9 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who? Festival
11/10 – Kortrijk, Belgium – Sonic City Festival
* w/ Lust For Youth
# w/ Matteo Vallicelli
§ w/ Horoscope
