◇ image via WikipediaThe Soft Moon
The Soft Moon is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Descendents, Bad Religion, Bad Brains, Fugazi and Minor Threat. Those roots explain a lot about how The Soft Moon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cold Cave, A Place to Bury Strangers and For Against, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The KVB, Interpol, Mogwai, Depeche Mode and Killing Joke, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around The Soft Moon, reaching back through Descendents and forward to The KVB. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jose Luis Vasquez was an American musician and record producer. Vasquez was the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and sole official member of The Soft Moon, which he founded in 2009.
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The Soft Moon connections
The Soft Moon grew out of Descendents, Bad Religion, Bad Brains and Fugazi, shares an orbit with Cold Cave, A Place to Bury Strangers and For Against, went on to shape The KVB, Interpol, Mogwai and Depeche Mode. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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