Black Moth Super Rainbow at PA’s Lounge
Last night I saw Black Moth Super Rainbow at PA’s lounge in Somerville.
For those that haven’t heard of BMSR, here’s a review:
Black Moth Super Rainbow, a band from Pennsylvania, makes its music from a nest of analog keyboards and a rhythm section. Its songs are pulsating neo-psychedelia, driving and dizzying, with vamps that keep on building as the keyboard sounds go whizzing, bubbling, zapping and swooping above the beat. Vocals are run through a vocoder for a vintage robotic tone, repeating lines like “I love to be with you, and this time we’ll rise” or “We miss you in the summertime.” Above the band, a screen showed eye-popping video animations: wildly proliferating plants, cartoon people and food in metamorphosis. The band’s albums revolve around stories and concepts–its current one, “Dandelion Gum,” is a tale of witches in a forest–but onstage, its music was one glorious buzz. - New York Times
Pros:
- $4 beers
- $8 cover
- PA’s “back door”
- audience sitting on the floor listening to music
- entertaining BMSR visuals, similar to TV Carnage.
Cons:
- live drummer couldn’t make it
- too few songs
More photos here.
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