Black Moth Super Rainbow
Indie Electronic
RIYL: Tobacco, Gooey Synth, Liquid Doom
To be honest, when I heard there was going to be a new Black Moth Super Rainbow record, I was nervous. Now, I know it is an extremely hipster thing to say, but as a fan from their release Start A People, I was concerned when they started moving away from the gooey synth that I had grown to love. Put it this way: BMSR helped me recognize that it was ok to accept the weirdness in others. Had it not been for their music, college wouldn’t have been very fun.
Of course, this wasn’t an unfounded concern, especially since Tobacco had gone on to make successful solo albums, and Cobra Juicy was just different to me. Fortunately, I was very wrong. It was just another step in the band’s evolution.
The song we’ve featured today off the forthcoming release Panic Blooms. The track “Baby’s in the Void” is the second single to be released behind the initial “Mr No One,” and is replete with all the sonic textures I have grown to enjoy, love, and admire about this group.
There is a heady tone to the track, flaring up with soft synths and truncated drum hits. As the song grows and evolves, we get a fat main synth that is reminiscent of Dandelion Gum with a touch of House of Eyeballs. Tobacco’s augmented vocal via vocoder is also magnificient an unforced. There is a certain appreciation of sonic space in the song as well. Every instrument and noise has it’s place in the track, and none overwhelm the other.
Ultimately, what I am trying to say is that I am sad that I didn’t pre-order the record sooner. It’s out May 4th via Rad Cult records, and will be the group’s first full-length release in six years. I’m giddy with glee, and this song has further solidfied my fanboi status with this great group of musicians.
