Desire album artwork
A love tale for the digital age which is all about the positives and pitfalls of humanity’s driving wants, Bob Moses’ new project Desire is out today August 28 on Domino Records. Bob Moses (Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance) mixed a continuous six tracks which gives the album a cinematic and thematic style of songwriting with the flow of modern electronic music.
Listen to Bob Moses’ Desire here: http://smarturl.it/BobMosesDesire
In addition to their album release today, Bob Moses will play a set for Inside Lands, the virtual festival presented by Outside Lands, tonight, Friday, August 28 at 11:15 PM PT. A portion of their 2019 Outside Lands live set with be streamed, followed by a new club set featuring recent singles “The Blame” and “Desire.” You can watch Bob Moses’ Inside Lands virtual livestream festival set here: https://www.twitch.tv/sfoutsidelands
Opening the album, “Love We Found” provides a sense of longing and wanting, which can be heard and felt when Howie sings, “after all this love we found, will you be around?”. Following this, the second track on the album and Bob Moses’ current single “The Blame” brings the energy higher, dealing the pain from actions taken in the heat of desire. The third track is where we find the album reaching its peak energy, and its the hypnotic late-night collaboration with Grammy-nominated electronic musician ZHU, and title track “Desire”. The video for “Desire”—with over two million plays since its launch—uses anaglyph imagery to display two different sides of desire, with the press of a button manipulating a beating heart into a burning fire, lipstick into a bullet, joy into despair. It’s a deft and delicate dive into the ups and downs of desire. “Desire is a successful expansion of Bob Moses’ previous standard pop album format into the more grandiose club mix format, one that hints at further creative developments in the group’s future.” — Pop Matters
Watch the interactive video for Bob Moses & ZHU’s “Desire” here: http://smarturl.it/BMDesireEkoVideo
Making its way onto Hayden James’ Waves Of Gold DJ mix earlier this summer, “Hold Me Up”, the fourth track on the album, reminds us that things will get better, a metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel, and a testament to holding onto one’s hope and faith that the future is bright. Track five “Outlier” punctures through the skin of society’s ego showing the true modern-day obsession society has with the projection of an outward image. There’s a lust involved in scrolling through social media—everybody’s life looks more desirable from the outside. The sixth and final track of the album “Ordinary Day” rounds the project out and leaves us with a bittersweet feeling.
Bob Moses started back in 2012 by Vallance and Howie, two years later they signed to Domino Records. In 2015 they put out their debut album Days Gone By that featured their track “Tearing Me Up”, which was nominated for two GRAMMYs, with the RAC remix taking home the trophy for “Best Remix Recording (Non-Classical).” The duo, a perennial festival favorite, has repeatedly been minted by Resident Advisor as Best Live Act (2014, 2015). In 2018, Battle Lines spawned the hit single “Back Down”, which led to a performance on Ellen; the record was named one of Billboard’s “Best Electronic Albums of 2018.” Following Battle Lines, Bob Moses released Battle Lines [Remixed], featuring remixes from the likes of Hayden James, Jamie Jones, and Cassian, as well as Unplugged, an acoustic EP of songs from Battle Lines and other repertoire favorites.
With the world still in quarantine, Bob Moses has been staying connected to fans through a weekly live-streamed DJ set on YouTube, dubbed the “BobCast.”
Desire is available to order now on limited edition black and clear smoke 12” vinyl from Domino here: http://smarturl.it/BMDesire12
Track Listing for Desire:
1. “Love We Found”
2. “The Blame”
3. “Desire” with ZHU
4. “Hold Me Up”
5. “Outlier”
6. “Ordinary Day”
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