Moby Wants You To Wait For Him

Moby's ninth studio album, Wait For Me, will be released through Mute on June 30.

Wait For Me was recorded at Moby's home studio in New York's lower east side. Moby mixed it himself with Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, M83) and drew all the artwork on copy paper with a black Sharpie. Wait For Me was inspired by a speech by film director David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet).

"david was talking about creativity, and to paraphrase, about how creativity in and of itself, and without market pressures, is fine and good," Moby wrote on his website.

"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."

Lynch also directed the video for the first single, "Shot In The Back Of The Head." You can hear the song on Moby's MySpace page.

You can see Moby here:

April 24 New York, NY @ Issue Project Room
June 19 Scheessel, Germany @ Hurricane Festival
June 21 Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany @ Southside Festival
June 25 Zagreb, Croatia @ Croatian Youth Island (IN Music Festival)
June 28 Rabat, Malta @ Gianpula Fields (Cream Live Malta)
July 2 Bucharest, Romania @ Romexpo (B'Estfest)
July 3 Gdynia, Poland @ Heineken Opener Festival
July 5 Arras, France @ Grand Place (Main Square Festival)
July 6 Venice, Italy @ Piazzola Sul Brenta (Padova Villa Contarini)
July 10 Abersoch, Wales @ Wakestock Festival
July 11 Novi Sad, Serbia @ Exit Festival
July 12 Zamardi, Hungary @ Balaton Sound
July 17 Wiesen, Switzerland @ Balaton Sound
July 18 Salacgriva, Latvia @ Nuke Festival
July 19 Carhaix, France @ Les Vieilles Charrues
July 25 Verona, Italy @ Piazza Napoleone (Lucca Festival)
July 27 Monaco, Monaco @ Sporting Club Of Monaco

Here are the songs on Wait For Me:

"Division"
"Pale Horses"
"Shot In The Back Of The Head"
"Study War"
"Walk With Me"
"Stock Radio"
"Mistake"
"Scream Pilots"
"Jltf 1"
"Jltf"
"A Seated Night"
"Wait For Me"
"Hope Is Gone"
"Ghost Return"
"Slow Light"
"Isolate"