The Soft Moon's Criminal, released by Sacred Bones Records in February, is one of our favorite albums of the year so far, a seething, sinister balm to the soul for any fan of old-school (or new-school) industrial music, and certainly for anyone disenfranchised with Nine Inch Nail's more recent output. The brainchild of post-punk auteur Luis Vasquez, the Soft Moon has gotten a gritty, lo-fi video treatment for Criminal standout "Like a Father" courtesy of director Kelsey Henderson, who matches the song to a glitchy black-and-white tableau of surreal horrors, mirror reflections and masked threats. We have all our daddy issues, but this shit is next level. See the clip above.
See Industrial Outfit the Soft Moon's Creepy, VHS-Style New "Like a Father" Video
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