Wow, just seriously wow, even though Black Moth Super Rainbow has been on my list to check out for a while now, I am glad that their latest album, Eating Us is my first exposure to the group because it is a breath of fresh air at just the right time. When trying to describe the band to people (as I excitedly was showing the record to anyone with whom I came into contact) words just fumble out of my mouth in a mostly unintelligible manner because Black Moth Super Rainbow is difficult to describe in some ways while in others they are easy to put words to but those words seam to oversimplify what they sound like. My best description seems to amount to a poppy, spacey sound that the group drenches in mostly clean reverb; but as I say, this is a terrible description but wholly fitting.
Immediately, listeners can find themselves in a state of sheer captivation of the vintage sounds of keyboard melodies and the sheer cavernously huge sound of the drums that populate the aural population of Eating Us, while the drenching of the vocals in reverb adds a depth to the sound (without veering into the point of annoying overuse) which gives the album an endearing character. The rhythms of the songs manage to always sound upbeat and wholly cheery at just about every turn regardless of the tempos. From the opening strains to "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise" to the closing "Untitled" track, Black Moth Super Rainbow fashion one hell of a cohesive album that kicks right from the point one. And all of the songs on the album are similarly entrancing in their psychedelic swirls of sound. Some stand out tracks to check out are surely the aforementioned "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise," "Dark Bubbles," "Twin of Myself," "Iron Lemonade," and "Smile The Day After Today." But really, there are no bad songs to be found on Eating Us. Still, I always find myself listening to "Gold Splatter" over and over again because so many elements of the song just appeal to me in so many ways (the vocal melody is just about perfect, kind of invoking of a dream sequence type sound in my mind, and the acoustic guitar provides the right accompaniment for the keyboard swells and different percussion sounds). And as the instrumental outro plays out to the song's resolution, the grand nature seems to just create a great pop song.
Eating Us is a seriously catchy release that I find myself going back to listen to again and again in part because it is rather fresh sounding to my ears and in part because the record always puts a smile on my face. Thankfully, Black Moth Super Rainbow put this album out at just the right time because it kind of feels like I am meant to enjoy this record (and I do). Not only do I think that about myself, but if more people do indeed check out Eating Us, more people will get absolutely hooked on the myriad of sounds that emanate from this album. Quite possibly, this is my "summer" record, and you know the type: the album that one incessantly spins during the summer months because it is vibrant and bouncy and somehow makes listeners more cheery when they listen to it. Black Moth Super Rainbow's Eating Us is definitely an A+ record and completely worth checking out; so, go for it.
