Black Moth Super Rainbow- Trouabdour, 5/29/2009
Written by willshoob on Monday, 1 of June , 2009 at 8:28 pm
Last Friday night presented itself with a difficult decision. I could either go see Animal Collective and Grouper (worth it just for Grouper), go see Black Moth Super Rainbow and School of Seven Bells, or support the local music scene and go to the $2 show. I chose BMSR and SVIIB, which I came to realize was an excellent choice.
The show started off with School of Seven Bells, which turned out to be an excellent set. Walls and walls of noise were created by Benjamin Curtis (of Secret Machines), while the vocals were handled by Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On! Air! Library! They really surprised me. I had listened to their album a little bit, but after seeing the show, I listened to the album non stop for a couple of days. Their set up consisted of two guitars, a synth, a shit load of pedals, and a laptop. So much noise was made by just them three, it was a wonderful set. Make sure to pick up their debut album, which came out a long time ago. Pick it up here.
School of Seven Bells- Half Asleep
After a lot of equipment checks, Black Moth Super Rainbow took the stage after a hilarious hate video some music idiot recorded. His argument was that BMSR had a stupid long name, and they sucked when he saw them open for MGMT. I LOLZ’D. Anyways, they hit the stage led by Tobacco, and played a wonderful 16 song set that spanned their entire catalog. They opened with the new single, “Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise”, and I was amazed at how accurate it sounded when compared with the recording. Tobacco uses his voice as a vocoded instrument, directing its tones with an MPC. The picture above is a picture of his set up. The band also consisted of a bassist, a guitarist (on some tracks), two synth players (one also played the omnichord), and a drummer. Their live renditions sounded identical to the recorded versions, something I thought was impossible. They captured the sugary, bubblegum pop that makes this band so lovable flawlessly on stage. That on its own made the show fantastic. Another aspect of the show was the man dressed in a fur costume, a mask, and carried around Axis & Allies (the board game). When he first hit the stage, I considered him a novelty, but after many stage dives and climbs up the rafters, he may have been the most important member of the band. Pumping up the crowd on numerous occasions, he also handed out chocolate. He may have been distracting at some times, but it was all in good fun. The band played two encores, both accompanied by famous bassist Mike Watt. They encored with “Drippy Eye” and “Caterpillar Eye”, the latter lasting about 10 minutes and turning into an onstage dance party. Enjoy some pictures, a couple MP3’s, and the set list below.
Tracklist:
1 born on a day
2 melt me
3 tooth decay
4 sun lips
5 twin of myself
6 dark bubbles
7 the sticky
8 trees and colors
9 american face dust
10 we are the pagans
11 zodiac girls
12 iron lemonade
13 spiracle
14 forever heavy
15 drippy eye with mike watt
16 caterpillar house with mike watt
Black Moth Super Rainbow- Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise
Black Moth Super Rainbow- Drippy Eye
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