Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us

Now, I’ve never taken acid before, but I could imagine that Eating Us, the latest album by Black Moth Super Rainbow, would serve an audible sampling of the psychedelic drug’s effects. Psychedelic is the exact word to describe the aural blend of electronic funk. Every instrument brought together to forge their standout music collaborates to numb your senses. You would be hard pressed to find music that can make you forget a stressful day at work more than Eating Us.

Distorted and dreamy vocals match with an ethereal sound, however they do not take the focus at any given point. The vocoder earns its paycheck with this record, keeping the emphasis on BMSR’s musical prowess rather than a particular message in any given track. This is especially clear in the album’s lead track, Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise. The catchy beat and chopped drum introduction prepare you for a feeling or vibe rather than a song where lyrics take the stage. No one sets out to do anything more than accent the acid trip through space that you’ll find yourself on listening to the uptempo tracks on Eating Us.

The few lyrics there are in this album actually work against the overall draw for this reviewer. BMSR has worked hard to craft this hypnotic sound, and I feel like the nonsensical lyrics like ‘You and me / We’re going to melt away like apples in the ground’ pull me away from the electrically tranquil sound by wondering what the words are supposed to mean.

The structures used in Eating Us are sound and never veer too far off of the beaten path. The meat and bones of the tracks are where the genuine characteristics of BMSR shine through. The familiar skeleton to the pacing of these songs allow them to be accessible to a broad range of users. Songs like Dark Bubbles, Twin of Myself, could easily be described as hallucinogenic easy listening.

Other songs on the record remind me of my childhood. I swear Tooth Decay should have been in a Sonic the Hedgehog game. It has that consistent bass groove mixed with spunky keyboard patterns and enough edge to get my head nodding. This song gets kudos for energizing and sedating its listeners at the same time. Tunes like Bubblegum Animals and Iron Lemonade are slower but fit in with the voyage of speedier tracks just the same.

Black Moth Super Rainbow can consider their mission accomplished if their goal was to put out music that would take listeners to a faraway place. This music is great in the background of your day. I find this strength to also be one of its core weaknesses, interestingly enough. How music that’s best enjoyed while behind the scenes to numb your thoughts make itself the center of attention? That’s a question this album hasn’t managed to answer.

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