| Welcome to queasy listening... The intriguingly monikered Black Moth Super Rainbow manage to evoke the giddy sound of some imagined childhood, bathed in golden sunlight - spinning in circles until tumbling to the ground, eyes flickering back and forth in dizzy fits. It’s a feeling that’s part nausea and part euphoria, and is imbued with such manic optimism that it’s hard to resist the temptation to bliss out in its presence. ‘Seeeds’ is probably the most obvious example of Start a People’s naive brilliance - its woozy glory is prototypical of the BMSR sound - a slightly green-gilled organ melody is joined by a swirling analogue synth and a beat that threatens to tip over any minute . However the kicker is the way that the track slows down mid phrase like a momentarily switched off turntable (or as if someone has touched one of the spools of the master tapes). It’s all so gloriously disconcerting. Elsewhere vocoder and serpentine synth court each other like shy lovers in ‘I Think it’s Beautiful that you are 256 Colours Too’ and ‘Early ‘70s Gymnastics’ evokes the classic Leonard Nimoy show In Search Of; heady with spooky tales and Nimoy’s camply serious eyebrows. To seal the deal it’s packaged in a cool coated box board slipcase, all the better to smudge while finger painting in afternoon sunlight. DH |
