Not quite the rainbow we're all familiar with consuming or the infamous Reading sort that taught us all how to pick wisely between good books from bad [with the help of Star Trek star LeVar Burton.] Some may refer to Black Moth Super Rainbow as Ramshackle electro-psych, but I say "What?" and simply refer to them as one of the undeniably pleasing [perfect for summer] sounds you will hopefully come across in your near future. Their secret was unveiled by the music world in 2007, when lead singer Tom Fec [a.k.a. Tobacco] and a few woodland creatures released their first ep Dandelion Gum. With their 60s infused electro sound, it was almost impossible for their music to get "stale" for the ears. While their music seems to fit the summer time mood a bit better, I have found most of their tracks to fit quite nicely on mixes in the frigid winter months as well.
As for Tobacco rowing solo, in October '08 he decided to conjure a darker yet similar sound [alongside the still existent BMSR] and released his first solo album Fucked Up Friends. The album starts with "Street Trash" and wastes no time picking up the tempo. The track list is finished off nicely with "Grease Wizard" which sounds much like if Middle Eastern meditation music had a baby with '70s American Funk and it was the most radiant baby alive. All in all, I would say Black Moth Super Rainbow has successfully strayed from the conventional "retro" sound and crafted their own definition of the overused genre title into something original.
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