Before 2017 came to a close, electronic veteran Moby released his single “Like Motherless Child,” he followed it up by releasing yet another track titled “Mere Anarchy.” Now, just days before the release of his 15th studio album, Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt, Moby shares his third single off his forthcoming album.
“This Wild Darkness” is the new music video unveiled by Moby todayDirected by Moby along with Rob Bralver, the video for “This Wild Darkness” is mainly in black and white with just flashes of color as visuals of space, creation, and destruction come together. Moby appears with a backing gospel choir as he sings lyrics of loneliness, “I can’t stand on my own anymore.” A beautiful, yet haunting song that embodies what most of us are feeling.
In a Twitter post, uploaded the other day, Moby commented about the new track saying that “’The world is a baffling place, full of confusion and darkness. ‘This Wild Darkness’ is essentially an existential dialog between me and the gospel choir – me talking about my confusion, the choir answering with longing and hope.” Watch “This Wild Darkness”
During a string of sold-out live shows, Moby will perform his new album in its entirety, at The Echo in Los Angles on March 14th through the 16ths and at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade on March 20th and the 21st. For more information, visit Moby’s official site. Additionally, Moby has a pair of in-store signing events during the month of March at Amoeba Music in Hollywood on March 2 at 5 pm as well as at Rough Trade in Brooklyn on March 20 at 7 pm. For more information on these dates, go to Moby’s official website.
Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt is Moby’s third album in eighteen months and is the artist’s 15th studio album since debuting his self-entitled debut album back in 1992. The new release is named after Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 classic novel, Slaughterhouse-Five.
Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt Tracklist
1. Mere Anarchy
2. The Waste of Suns
3. Like a Motherless Child
4. The Last of Goodbyes
5. The Ceremony of Innocence
6. The Tired and The Hurt
7. Welcome to Hard Times
8. The Sorrow Tree
9. Falling Rain and Light
10. The Middle is Gone
11. This Wild Darkness
12. A Dark Cloud is Coming
Fans of Moby can purchase Everything Was Beautiful, And Northing Hurt when the record is released this Friday, March 2nd via Mute. The physical format of the album will include a gatefold-housed double LP edition and a 6-panel CD digipack edition. Pre-orders of Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt can be found here.
Watch “This Wild Darkness” below.
Photo credit: Pamela Lin
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