The Sticky

Last year, I went to see Aesop Rock at the Parish House with a couple friends, and despite our flouncing around the French Quarter for a good 40 minutes trying to find the place, we still managed to be super early to the show. So we're standing around, kind of stoned and in various stages of drunkenness, just kind of all wishing we were 21 so we could buy something to do, and who should come on the stage but Black Moth Super Rainbow.



They were quiet and even kind of shy (the girl seemed to be, anyways) and the only thing they said was "Hey, we're Black Moth Super Rainbow" and then they launched into the best show of my life.



It was loud, and weird, and I was undeniably fucked up, but all of a sudden I was on another planet. The bassist got so into it, he was bopping around on top of the speakers and everywhere else. The drummer had no face on account of his giant hoodie. The girl who plays the keyboard wasn't even facing the audience and she had a string of christmas lights to play by. The guy who does the mixing and the singing was just lying on a couch with his back turned to the audience. I didn't even know he was there until he decided to stand up halfway through the show. I danced (which I never do) and I managed to get some guy to buy me a vodka cranberry, and the only other thing I can pick out of the giant awesome blur that was that show is my friend Kelly eating a banana and screaming about how this music had made her understand Spinoza.



BMSR is preparing to release another spectacular sensation this spring called Eating Us, which will be their fourth album. It's wonderful, really, the entire thing. Not being much of a conventional band, I don't think they've released a single, which leaves me free to choose my favorites and make everybody I know listen to them without having to bitch and moan about how everybody likes the single but the true gem is underappreciated.



Twin of Myself is definitely one of my favorites. The third song on the album, it is twinkly and light, but the bass is right there to back it up without overtaking the melody. The vocals are less distressed on this album in general, but still not quite discernable. This song is a gentler, more soothing Black Moth, and I love it. All the elements combine perfectly, making me wish it was hot and sunny and I was lying in a park, watching birds and eating fruit.



Iron Lemonade is definitely one of the best songs on the album. The vocals are clear enough that if I was so inclined, I could actually sing along. The beat is driving, and it seems dark, almost ominous. The vocals float through, adding a happy-go-lucky if not dutch angled tone to the piece, and when the synth comes in toward the end, the song builds quickly to what seems like it must be a crashing end. But instead, it disappears, like it's flying off into the night. I like this song so much that I've set a goal to either trip face and listen to this song on repeat or have some really excellent stoned sex while it's playing.

If you like what you hear so far, here are some links to downloads:

Sun Lips, off their 2007 album Dandelion Gum.

Forever Heavy, also from Dandelion Gum.

I Think it is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too from 2003's Falling Through a Field.

Spiracle, from the Octopus Project collaboration The House of Apples and Eyeballs.

Happy Melted City, off the Drippers Rarities EP.
Enjoy!