[dropcap]If[/dropcap] director Michael Haneke’s characters from “Funny Games” were re-imagined through the eyes of Eli Roth and displayed viaa found footage snuff film—we might have something similar to this unsettling video from The Soft Moon, premiering today as Luis Vasquez and Co embark on their second leg of European tourdates.
The video is for the title track for the band’s 3 studio album “Deeper”, and delves into the voyeuristic killing spree of what appears to be two university students who seemingly enjoy the psychological torture of their victims more so than the killing itself.
Director Kelsey Henderson on the making of the video:
“Inspired by Heaven’s Gate, Gabbers & Michael Haneke’s film Funny Games. I created a homemade snuff-like music video for The Soft Moon’s song Deeper, made by using a vhs camera & a Barbie Video Girl Doll. In dealing with bondage imagery I wanted to pull away from its sexual hackneyed state and instead explore such acts from another vantage point: torture as a fetish or for pleasure. And how it feels to be a voyeur of such acts”
The Soft Moon play the Incubate Festival in Tilburg tonight…
Check out the full dates below:
14-09 Tilburg, NL – Incubate Festival
17-09 Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik %
18-09 Stockholm, SE – Debaser Strand %
19-09 Oslo, NO – Bla %
21-09 Huskvarna, SE – Folkets Park %
23-09 Helsinki, FI – Kuudes Linja
24-09 Tallinn, EE – Sinilind
25-09 Ventspils, LV – Juras Varti Theatre House
26-09 Riga, LV – Nabaklab
27-09 Vilinus, LT – Club Kablys
28-09 Warsaw, PL – Kulturalna, Distorted Club
30-09 Prague, CZ – Futurum #
01-10 Vienna, AT – Arena #
02-10 Budapest, HU – A38 #
03-10 Cluj Napoca, RO – The Shelter #
04-10 Timsoara, RO – DAOS Club #
05-10 Sofia, BG – Sofia Live Club #
06-10 Skopje, MK – MKC #
07-10 Beograd, SRB – Drugstore #
08-10 Zagreb, CR – Tvornica Kulture #
09-10 Ljubljana, SI – Kino Siski #
10-10 Prato, IT – Exenzia #
11-10 Rome, IT – Monk #
15-10 Geneva, CH – La Graviere §
16-10 Zurich, CH – Rote Fabrik §
17-10 Dudingen, CH – Bad Bonn §
18-10 Luxembourg, LU – Rockhal
19-10 Dublin, IE – Whelans
20-10 Manchester, UK – Night & Day
21-10 London, UK – Electrowerkz
22-10 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
23-10 Brighton, UK – Green Door Store
24-10 Bristol, UK – Simple Things Festival
03-11 Dijon, FR – Novosonic Festival, Atheneum
04-11 Besancon, FR – La Rodia
05-11 Angers, FR – Le Chabada
06-11 La Roche Sur Yon, FR – Les Indisciplines Festival, Le Fuzz’yon
07-11 Lorient, FR – Les Indisciplines Festival
08-11 Paris, FR – Musique Volantes, Machine Du Moulin Rouge
21-11 Kortrijk, BE – Sonic City Festival, De Kreun
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