The Soft Moon

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band music project musical artist

The Soft Moon is an American post-punk/darkwave music project known for its brooding, industrial-tinged soundscapes and emotionally intense atmosphere.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Soft Moon canonical	1
The Soft Moon (2010 studio album)	1
The Soft Moon (album)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10918602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Soft Moon
Context triple: [The Haxan Cloak, hasCollaboration, The Soft Moon]

A. High Violet
High Violet is a critically acclaimed 2010 indie rock album by American band The National, noted for its brooding atmosphere, intricate arrangements, and emotionally resonant lyrics.
B. Warpaint
Warpaint is an American indie rock band known for its atmospheric, guitar-driven sound and intricate vocal harmonies.
C. Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs is a long-running humor and satire column in The New Yorker known for its witty, often absurd short pieces by various writers.
D. The Afterlove
The Afterlove is a pop-oriented studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt that blends heartfelt balladry with contemporary production and collaborations.
E. Twin Shadow
Twin Shadow is the stage name of George Lewis Jr., a Dominican-American singer, songwriter, and producer known for his synth-driven, new wave–influenced indie pop music.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Soft Moon
Target entity description: The Soft Moon is an American post-punk/darkwave music project known for its brooding, industrial-tinged soundscapes and emotionally intense atmosphere.

A. High Violet
High Violet is a critically acclaimed 2010 indie rock album by American band The National, noted for its brooding atmosphere, intricate arrangements, and emotionally resonant lyrics.
B. Warpaint
Warpaint is an American indie rock band known for its atmospheric, guitar-driven sound and intricate vocal harmonies.
C. Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs is a long-running humor and satire column in The New Yorker known for its witty, often absurd short pieces by various writers.
D. The Afterlove
The Afterlove is a pop-oriented studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt that blends heartfelt balladry with contemporary production and collaborations.
E. Twin Shadow
Twin Shadow is the stage name of George Lewis Jr., a Dominican-American singer, songwriter, and producer known for his synth-driven, new wave–influenced indie pop music.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	band ⓘ music project ⓘ musical artist ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear	2009 ⓘ
associatedAct	Luis Vasquez ⓘ
basedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	Luis Vasquez ⓘ
genre	coldwave ⓘ darkwave ⓘ electronic ⓘ gothic rock ⓘ industrial ⓘ minimal wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ
hasDiscographyEntry	Criminal (2018 studio album) ⓘ Deeper (2015 studio album) ⓘ Exister (2022 studio album) ⓘ linked to: Exister The Soft Moon (2010 studio album) ⓘ linked to: The Soft Moon Zeros (2012 studio album) ⓘ
hasMember	Luis Vasquez ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	http://thesoftmoon.com/ ⓘ
hasPrimaryInstrument	drum machine ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ
hasReleaseType	EP ⓘ single ⓘ studio album ⓘ
hasTheme	dark emotional states ⓘ inner turmoil ⓘ isolation ⓘ
hasTypeOfCreativeWork	music ⓘ
influencedBy	darkwave ⓘ industrial music ⓘ post-punk of the 1980s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
notableWork	Criminal ⓘ Deeper ⓘ Exister ⓘ The Soft Moon (album) ⓘ linked to: The Soft Moon Zeros ⓘ
origin	Oakland, California ⓘ linked to: Oakland
performanceStyle	intense live shows ⓘ
recordLabel	Captured Tracks ⓘ Sacred Bones Records ⓘ Spinefarm Records ⓘ
soundCharacterizedBy	brooding soundscapes ⓘ emotionally intense atmosphere ⓘ industrial-tinged textures ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Haxan Cloak → hasCollaboration → The Soft Moon ⓘ

The Soft Moon → notableWork → The Soft Moon (album) ⓘ

linked to: The Soft Moon

The Soft Moon → hasDiscographyEntry → The Soft Moon (2010 studio album) ⓘ