It must have become clear at some point in the beginning stages of planning their fourth album that something had to change for Black Moth Super Rainbow, that perhaps they had taken their sound as far as they could and needed an upgrade. It sounds like they got tired of making music in a dingy basement filled with melted candles and old pizza boxes and figured it was time to move to the big leagues. To that end, on Eating Us they've paired with Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev producer Dave Fridmann and made a record that is far slicker and pro sounding than anything they've done before. Whether you, as a fan of their previous work, want to follow along might depend on how you feel about the opening track, "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise," sounding like it's a Robert Plant vocal shy of being a track from Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door. The drums are thunderous, the synths are clear and soaring, and the song is crisply hooky; in fact, if it weren't for Tobacco's vocodered vocals you might not even peg it as a BMSR song right away. As the album goes along, though, the band's unique vision asserts itself despite the application of a fair amount of studio gloss. They still hand out enough sticky sweet, slightly creepy pop candy to supply a whole neighborhood's worth of Halloween treats, and provide more than enough glowing melody and sonic weirdness to satisfy the basic requirements of a BMSR record. The addition of organic instruments like acoustic guitar and live drums seems like a bad move at first, but they end up meshing with the cheap synths very well, and Tobacco's vocals are somehow more effective when juxtaposed with them. The contrast gives songs like the elegiac "Gold Splatter" some emotional power that was unavailable on previous albums. It certainly doesn't make the record boring or overblown to have a little more scale and dimension given to the group's sound -- you can see how a little of that might come in handy when writing songs about "Tooth Decay" and "Iron Lemonade" -- not enough pomp to make them sound like Coldplay for sure, but enough to show that they won't just keep making the same (admittedly great) record over and over. On Eating Us, Black Moth Super Rainbow prove that they can grow up a little without growing boring, and still deliver exactly the same amount of unhealthy sweetness as before.
Black Moth Super Rainbow live on a pillow planet of lysergic ecstasy, and their albums don't drop as much as they trickle from the sky directly into the medulla. Over the course of three records, these Pittsburgh weirdos have explored the warmer regions of Electro-psychedelia and the deep spaces of...
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Talk about craziness! Black Moth Super Rainbow have unleashed a hellacious video for "Born On a Day the Sun Didn't Rise" off of their latest Eating Us. The video makes you question your sanity with its crazy visuals floating atop the shimmery noise and distorted vocals. Reminiscent of 70's shock horror, the video follows certain events [...]
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If you have ever wandered what HAL 9000's breakdown would sound like if 2001: A Space Odyssey had been soundtracked by T-Pain and Air, then Black Moth Super Rainbow may just have the answer you are looking for.
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With a name like Black Moth Super Rainbow, what type of music could you honestly expect to witness upon pressing the play button? Unless you had already heard, or known, of the band prior to their newest and fourth release Eating Us, then we're sure anyone approaching this odd, ambient, psychedelic folk-pop collective would have been a little disconcerted to say the least.
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Usually I'm happy with one cool vintage synth sound but this track makes me happy about seven times over. There's not many lyrics, but the title is a good one. Plus: It grooves along nicely. Listen and download: http://CORNx2.us/~53unz
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Pittsburgh's psych-electro experimental synth-pop group Black Mouth Super Rainbow are about to release their latest project
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Indie elctro-band Black Moth Super Rainbow are set to release their new album Eating Us on May 26th.In anticipation the band have posted an innovative interactive video for the song "Dark Bubbles". You can make the guys bounce with your mouse here.The group has also posted an MP3 from the album for free download. You can snatch that up here:"Born On a Day the Sun Didn't Rise"- MP3Black Moth
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If you have ever wandered what HAL 9000's breakdown would sound like if 2001: A Space Odyssey had been soundtracked by T-Pain and Air, then Black Moth Super Rainbow may just have the answer you are looking for.
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Usually I'm happy with one cool vintage synth sound but this track makes me happy about seven times over. There's not many lyrics, but the title is a good one. Plus: It grooves along nicely. Listen and download: http://CORNx2.us/~53unz
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Talk about craziness! Black Moth Super Rainbow have unleashed a hellacious video for "Born On a Day the Sun Didn't Rise" off of their latest Eating Us. The video makes you question your sanity with its crazy visuals floating atop the shimmery noise and distorted vocals. Reminiscent of 70's shock horror, the video follows certain events [...]
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Black Moth Super Rainbow live on a pillow planet of lysergic ecstasy, and their albums don't drop as much as they trickle from the sky directly into the medulla. Over the course of three records, these Pittsburgh weirdos have explored the warmer regions of Electro-psychedelia and the deep spaces of...
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Black Moth Super Rainbow are releasing their latest album, Eating Us, this Tuesday. The release is going to be overshadowed by Grizzly Bear, but don’t let Veckatimest distract you, because the new BMSR album is fantastic. They started a tour on Wednesday, and they’ll be coming to LA next Friday, a show I am so [...]
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With a name like Black Moth Super Rainbow, what type of music could you honestly expect to witness upon pressing the play button? Unless you had already heard, or known, of the band prior to their newest and fourth release Eating Us, then we're sure anyone approaching this odd, ambient, psychedelic folk-pop collective would have been a little disconcerted to say the least.
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Black Moth Super Rainbow [MySpace] recently dropped an incredible album, Eating Us, in May and we’re posting the grindhouse/horror homage “Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise” because it is effing incredible, k? Watch it and tell me if we’re wrong, it’s definitely insane-o rad (patent pending, har)[mp3] Black Moth Super Rainbow – [...]
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