The Soft Moon: "Die Life"

Apocalyptic to a fault, with a sound like a noise rock variant of Joy Division what else are you going to sing about but death, death, death? The Soft Moon have gotten a little more polished since last we visited them, but that extra production gloss has done little to temper their industrial doom aesthetic... Ra Ra Riot this ain't.

Zeroes was released late last year on Captured Tracks.

The Soft Moon: "Total Decay"

Musically, San Francisco is more akin to Austin than it is to Brooklyn or Portland:  there isn't the flood of breaking talent that comes out of the latter two areas, but what does emerge into the nationwide indie consciousness from the likes of SF and Austin are a small handful of forward thinking bands diverse in nature, with geography the only common selling point.  Try, for instance, comparing The Soft Moon to Girls and let me know how many wpm you've rattled off before coming to a standstill.


The Soft Moon - "Total Decay" from Life or Death PR on Vimeo.