“Mistake” evinces Moby at one of the more vulnerable creative points in his career. Both the song’s composition and delivery attributes communicate a refreshing honesty and personal-ness. Wait For Me, Moby’s latest full length, marks a return to the more down tempo melancholic aesthetic characteristic of his earlier commercially successful releases. And while, his output to date has been defined by consistently solid records, Wait for Me is by far our favorite Moby project. Mixer Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, M83, Bowie and many more) clearly adds to some of the more exciting atmospheric moments on the LP.
In addition to directing the vid for another WfM favorite, “Shot in the Back of the Head”, David Lynch inspired much of the creative direction for Wait for Me. In an April 2009 post on his website, Moby wrote:
“I started working on the album about a year ago, and the creative impetus behind the record was hearing a David Lynch speech at BAFTA, in the UK. David was talking about creativity, and to paraphrase, about how creativity in and of itself, and without market pressures, is fine and good. It seems as if too often an artists or musicians or writers creative output is judged by how well it accommodates the marketplace, and how much market share it commands and how much money it generates. In making this record I wanted to focus on making something that I loved, without really being concerned about how it might be received by the marketplace. As a result it’s a quieter and more melodic and more mournful and more personal record than some of the records I’ve made in the past.”
rating: 8.5
