Within the Encyclopedia Psychedelica there are few experiences as unique as Black Moth Super Rainbow.  BMSR is a verb, a state of mind akin to maybe a drug induced LEN that doesn’t SUCK, or a Sebastian Schuller on rollerblades.  Each song drips with nostalgiac tones, reminding the auditory sense of play ground songs with hints of a dark underbelly, or seventies roller discos packed with more poofy hair than a tree filled with marmosets.

After two albums of solo work by front-man Tobacco, BMSR has returned with their latest album “Eating Us”.  This work cruises through their usual avenues of DIY electronics,  psychedelics, somber acoustics, all sung like a weepy love ballad from Io.  And after five and a half (album with The Octopus Project) albums I can fully say that I have tasted this rainbow, and all of the “bubble gum animals” and “caterpillar houses” therein.  So call me a hopeless romantic for expecting a new direction, but I’m not even sure what direction this music is taking me in the first place.  Nevertheless, I would say “Eating Us” is an ubertacular effort; Its biggest problem is that it contains the tried but true BMSR psychedelic method, except maybe this one feels like an easy listening version of 2007’s “Dandelion Gum”.  It does indeed deserve my reccomendation, but noobs that have not “[Jumped] into my mouth and [breathed]” the rainbow should get “sticky” with the older stuff first.

4 out of 5 stars

BeeTeeDubs, Black Moth Super Rainbow is playing in LA at the Troubadour on May 29th, be thar!

http://www.troubadour.com/eventdetail.php?id=1177

–Kwame