Last month, The Soft Moon – aka Luis Vasquez – announced his signing to Sacred Bones and his fourth studio album ‘Criminal’ due for release on February 2nd. With the announcement, he shared the heavy-hitting single Burn and now he returns with another track lifted from the album, It Kills. This latest single, accompanied by a Kelsey Henderson-directed video, trades some of the industrial menace of Burn for the shimmering melodies of post-punk, yet retains the dark edge that permeates all of ‘Criminal’. Watch the video for It Kills via YouTube below.
Speaking on the track, Vasquez says; “It Kills represents my constant struggle with making the same mistakes in order to feed my desires. A continual battle with the conscience. Some inspiration comes from a quote by William Blake: ‘Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.’”
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Tracklist:
1. Burn
2. Choke
3. Give Something
4. Like a Father
5. The Pain
6. It Kills
7. ILL
8. Young
9. Born Into This
10. Criminal
The Soft Moon also announces his 2018 tour dates, including a month-long North American run with Boy Harsher. See those dates below.
EU tour dates
02/02 – Baden, CH – One of a Million Festival
02/03 – Marghera, IT – C.S. Rivolta
02/06 – Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset
02/07 – Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik
02/08 – Stockholm, SE – Slaktkyrkan
02/09 – Oslo, NO – Bla
02/11 – Berlin, DE – Urban Spree
02/12 – Berlin, DE – Urban Spree
02/14 Paris, FR – Le Trabendo
02/15 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
02/16 – London, UK – The Dome
02/17 – Brussels, BE – Orangerie (Botanique)
02/18 – Luxembourg, LU – De Gudde Wëllen
02/20 – Yverdon Les Bains, CH – LAmalgame
02/21 – Milan, IT – Magnolia
02/22 – Rome, IT – Monk
02/23 – Napoli, IT – Lanificio
02/24 – Bologna, IT – Covo
03/07 – Munich, DE – Kranhalle
03/08 – Leipzig, DE – UT Connewitz
03/09 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
03/10 – Cologne, DE – Gebaude 9
03/11 – Saarbrucken, DE – Garage Club
03/13 – Nijmegen, NL – Doomroosje
03/14 – Lille, FR – Les Paradis Artificiels
03/15 – Nantes, FR – Stereolux
03/16 – Lyon, FR – Epicerie Moderne
NA tour dates
03/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas *
03/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
03/29 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
03/30 – Toronto, ON – Longboat Hall *
03/31 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
04/02 – Saint Paul, MN – Turf Club *
04/04 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge *
04/06 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
04/07 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
04/08 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt *
04/11 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
04/13 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
04/14 – San Diego, CA – Casbah *
04/16 – Las Vegas, NV – The Bunkhouse *
04/17 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar *
04/19 – Dallas, TX – Three Links *
04/20 – Austin, TX – Barracuda *
04/21 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger *
04/22 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa *
04/24 – Gainesville, FL – The Wooly *
04/25 – Miami, FL – Gramps *
04/26 – Tampa, FL – The Crowbar
04/27 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 *
04/28 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight *
04/29 – Washington, DC – DC9 *
* w/ Boy Harsher
