Black Moth Super Rainbow: Dandelion Gum

Label: Graveface

The band that gave us one of our favorite in-stores of the year has also given us one of our favorite records. Never has an album cover been more representative of a band’s music: Black Moth Super Rainbow’s third full-length album, Dandelion Gum, pictures a rainbow colored melting face blowing bubbles. Indeed, the band have put to sound the tale of a weird candy made by witches in the woods, whilst keeping their trademark non-linear song structures and vocoded vocals. The aptly titled “Wall of Gum” could be a track for an obscure French soundtrack played by electronic redneck zombies whilst “Lost, Picking Flowers in the Woods” offers a jazzy Wurlitzer riff and robotic pulsing drums a la Silver Apples. It appears that, imitating sonic pioneer Bruce Haack, Black Moth Super Rainbow have rounded up the neighborhood children to sing along eerie lullabies and play unhinged riffs on homebuilt synthesizers. So come on, get high on the Dandelion Gum and enjoy the slow and discordant, yet always melodic, saccharine musical comedown. (Morgane)