The Soft Moon - Exister - Crystal Clear [New Vinyl LP] Colored Vinyl, Clear Viny

Sold Date: February 22, 2024
Start Date: September 22, 2022
Final Price: $26.02 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 3235178
Buyer Feedback: 0


The Soft Moon - Exister - Crystal Clear [New Vinyl LP] Colored Vinyl, Clear Viny

Artist: The Soft Moon

Title: Exister - Crystal Clear

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Electronic

UPC: 843563153444

Release Date: 2022

Record Label: Sacred Bones

Album Tracks

1. Sad Song
2. Answers
3. Become the Lies
4. Face Is Gone
5. Monster
6. The Pit
7. Nada
8. Stupid Child
9. Him
10. Unforgiven
11. Exister

"The whole point of this record was to share every emotion that I feel," says The Soft Moon's Luis Vasquez. "No two songs are the same. It's about existing in the world as a human being and experiencing many emotions and experiences throughout life." And so hence the title Exister, a record rooted in the ecstatic joys and crippling lows that life can throw up and how just hanging on and existing is sometimes all we have. "Exister is my way of saying 'I'm here, deal with it.'" Vasquez says. Sonically, this expression is a vast, expansive and potent one. The opening 'Sad Song', which unfurls with a dense brooding atmosphere, Vasquez describes as almost a ballad, while tracks such as 'The Pit' capture the opposite end of the musical spectrum, exploding as a thundering piece of industrial techno complete with gut-churning levels of bass. 'Monster' - a song that follows a human metamorphosis into an unrecognizable and destructive being - seamlessly combines a deeply melodic, almost electro pop, vocal hook with a slow build atmospherics to create something equally beautiful and unsettling. 'Become the Lies' explores the devastating consequences of being lied to by your own family and is a post-punk stomper, merging charging basslines, pummelling drums and snaking guitars, all of which combine explosively. Elsewhere the album runs the gauntlet of everything from ambient to dark wave - features ferocious guest contributions from fish narc and Special Interest's Alli Logot on 'Him' and 'Unforgiven' - all while retaining that distinct tone that unmistakably The Soft Moon

© DirectToU LLC. All Rights Reserved.