The one-man project of Luis Vasquez, the Soft Moon, started in the Mojave Desert, where, in younger days, he played in local punk bands, all while absorbing the Afro-Cuban songs that permeated family gatherings.
Vasquez relocated to Los Angeles, traveled around South America, and eventually settled in San Francisco where he teamed with Damon Way and Justin Anastasi to integrate an electronic sound with the frenetic pathos roots of Afro-Cuban music.
The Soft Moon makes brooding synth-pop that gives the dark hypnotic sounds of Suicide, Joy Division, Bauhaus, and Krautrock new life with a stripped-down, lo-fi approach.
The self-titled debut album was released in November last year.
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Source: Boy attractions, The Baybridged
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