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Eating Us

EMAILPRINTby Black Moth Super Rainbow

Black Moth Super Rainbow reviews
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9.0 User Score:

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Based on 21 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: Graveface

Release Date: 26 May 2009

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock, Indie, Electronic

Summary

The fourth album for the Pittsburgh indie band was produced by Dave Fridmann.

What The Critics Said

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90

Alternative Press

Dave Fridmann's grand production touches enhance BMSR's otherworldly aura, adding dazzling glaze to this fruity cake. [Jun 2009, p.108]

83

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Eating Us, the fourth album from the Pennsylvania synthedelic band, is arguably its most accessible yet: It tones down the mind-blowing distortion and plays up the group’s melodic sense and danceable rhythms.

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80

Observer Music Monthly

A trippy marvel.

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80

Urb

Perhaps unintentional by the authors of the music, BMSR triumph in crafting a nuanced and aesthetically superb effort. Their music is wholesome and sounds delicious enough to eat, what a treat!

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80

Uncut

Eating Us is a litle too tidy, their frazzled wildness cultivated into ordered orchards, but on tracks like the typically titled 'Bubblegum Animals,' BMSR still conjure a ravishing, stoned cyber-soul pinic. [Jun 2009, p.83]

80

Dusted Magazine

Eating Us is still an unqualified success, the pop album that many followers in the footsteps of Kraftwerk have tried and failed to make.

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80

Q Magazine

Eating Us has a more cohesive sound than its lo-fi predecessor, but still radioates weird and wonderful vibrations. [Jul 2009, p.117]

75

Prefix Magazine

Black Moth Super Rainbow’s improved fourth album, Eating Us, bears all the touches of a follow-up to a critically lauded work: larger sounds, a big name producer (Dave Fridmann) and a honed sense of purpose that forms the band’s best effort to date.

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75

The Phoenix

BMSR have, however, gone for extra credit and studied up on their Free Design and David Axelrod; they may even have taken more quaaludes.

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74

cokemachineglow

Eating Us works as a pop record and tends to be only as good as its songs, as opposed to the monochromatic statement of purpose that was "Dandelion Gum." Luckily, these are some pretty good songs.

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70

New Musical Express

Eating Us is their fourth full-length, and it’s a delight.

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70

All Music Guide

On Eating Us, Black Moth Super Rainbow prove that they can grow up a little without growing boring, and still deliver exactly the same amount of unhealthy sweetness as before.

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70

Spin

Woozy, smoked-out hooks are strewn like cigarette butts--a Black Moth specialty that Fridmann dials up throughout this consistently twisted half-hour and change.

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61

Pitchfork

"Dandelion Gum" was speckled and silly and high as shit. Eating Us feels more like the baseline: collected, repeatable, respectable.

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60

PopMatters

Eating Us is at times agreeable to the point of innocuity.

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60

Rolling Stone

The like-minded follow-up enlists Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann, who highlights the tingly interplay between acoustic and electronic instruments and the processed vocals, which generally sound like T-Pain tripping his balls off.

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60

Under The Radar

It's not quite background and not quite foreground. But probably more background, like a film soundtrack--that could be fixed with just a little more variety. [Spring 2009, p.64]

60

Tiny Mix Tapes

Enjoyably dumb and agreeably psychedelic, Eating Us is easy listening for an easy-going season.

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60

Mojo

The assured Eating Us proves that distractions aren't necessary. [Jul 2009, p.93]

60

Hot Press

Pittsburgh gene-splicers manage to overcome three minute attention deficit barrier.

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50

Drowned In Sound

Black Moth Super Rainbow is unable to even meld the far out periphery around a dreamy passive sound.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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