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  The Soft Moon - Total Decay [CT-124 USA 2011 24-Bit FLAC] There is a mini Captured Tracks binge going on over here! I ripped The Soft Moon's powerful debut album from 2010 a few months back, here is their follow-up release, Total Decay , a four track EP pressed on to white vinyl in limited quantities. A1 Repetition A2 Alive B1 Total Decay B2 Visions

The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon [CT85 USA 2010 24-Bit FLAC] Back at the turn of the last decade, I was impressed with the quality of new bands coming out of the USA, especially those on the Captured Tracks roster. This was the label which gave us Thee Oh Sees, Wild Nothing, Beach Fossils, Craft Spells, Mac deMarco and DIIV - quite a pedigree of young talent. Luis Vasquez's The Soft Moon was originally a solo project before growing into an evolving semi-permanent band line up. The first two singles, Breathe The Fire and Parallels were immense, brooding works of dark electronics, feedback and throbbing basslines, this - his debut album - follows that same vein, borrowing elements from the darkest reaches of post-punk and industrial technology which explode into your ears with shrill volleys of black noise. Gentler moments like When It's Over are only a brief respite, yet the track pins the album together its simple riff and cavernous vocals. This is Pornography , Unknown Pleas...