The Soft Moon‘s stellar LP Deeper is out now on Captured Tracks, and today we check out Luis Vasquez‘s new video for his cut, “Wasting“. Y2K, the production team of Jason Lester and Severiano Martinez, return to direct these dark visuals, while continuing the mysterious story they first laid out several months back in their video for “Far“. In this newest effort, the Oscar nominated actor Robert Forster (Breaking Bad, Mulholland Drive, Medium Cool, Jackie Brown) stars as The Doctor, while Luis and model/musician Natalia Selevanova play The Patients. Opening up where “Far” left off, “Wasting” begins with Vasquez floating in a bath of milky liquid, but this time we see the sadistic doctor grimly preparing him a syringe. Later the patients are made to wear strange, hypnagogic goggles while they are subjected to an eye scarring array of strobbing visuals. Organ farming, neural reordering…not quite sure what’s going on here, but it ain’t good!
The Soft Moon kicks off an extensive US and European tour today in Philadelphia at the Boot & Saddle. Here are the rest of the dates…
4.09 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle ^
4.10 – Allston, MA – Great Scott ^
4.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg ^
4.12 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz ^
4.13 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel ^
4.14 – Detroit, MI – UFO Factory ^
4.15 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern ^
4.16 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle ^
4.17 – Madison, WI – the Frequency ^
4.18 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
4.19 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge ^
4.21 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater ^
4.22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge ^
4.23 – Boise, ID – Neurolux ^
4.24 – Seattle, WA – Barboza $
4.25 – Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl $
4.26 – Portland, OR – Holocene $
4.28 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel $ *
4.29 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory $ *
4.30 – Los Angeles, CA – Roxy Theatre $ *
5.01 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah *
5.02 – Scottsdale, AZ – Pub Rock *
5.03 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar *
5.05 – Norman, OK – The Opolis *
5.06 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada *
5.07 – Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds *
5.08 – Austin, TX – Austin Psych Fest
5.09 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks *
5.10 – Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery *
5.16 – Lyon, France – Les Nuits Sonores
5.17 – Brussels, Belgium – Les Nuits Botanique
5.19 – Berlin, Germany – Schwuz §
5.20 – Copenaghen, Denmark – Loppen
5.21 – Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefährlich §
5.22 – Köln, Germany – Gebäude §
5.23 – Mannheim, Germany – Mayfied Festival
5.24 – Dortmund, Germany – Way Back When Festival
5.25 – London, UK – The Garage @ §
5.26 – Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club §
5.28 – Nantes, France – Indigènes Festival
5.29 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera
5.31 – Nîmes, France – This Is Not A Love Song Festival
6.01 – Bordeaux, France – IBoat #
6.02 – Toulouse, France – Le Connexion #
6.03 – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie #
6.04 – Metz, France – Les Trinitaires #
6.05 -Amsterdam, Holland – Melkweg #
6.06 – Eindhoven, Holland – Psych Lab Festival
6.08 -Turin, Italy – Astoria %
6.09 – Marina Di Ravenna, Italy – Hana Bi %
6.10 – Milan, Italy – Carroponte %
6.12 – Helsinki, Finland – Sideways Festival
^ w/ Noveller
$ w/ Girl Tears
* w/ Skull Katalog
§ w/ Blush_Response
@ w/ Novella
# w/ Phase Fatale
% w/ Havah