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Eating Us - Black Moth Super Rainbow
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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

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  1. hydrawithears
    Oct 3, 2011
    6
    Eating Us is the fourth and most recent album by the lovely psychedelic Black Moth Super Rainbow. The band’s biggest achievement is coherence: while there are no standouts here, these twelve tracks (one is hidden) feel like a continuous flow that is strange yet very pleasing. I deem BMSR to be less serious than an average experimental act (the vocoder vocal effect, the bubblegum pop trace) but they can be haunting like on the bleak Iron Lemonade. Writing tunes which are catchy and cheerful but odd is an art I appreciate very much.… Expand
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Metascore
74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
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  1. All Music Guide
    70
    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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  2. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    A trippy marvel.
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  3. Pitchfork
    61
    "Dandelion Gum" was speckled and silly and high as shit. Eating Us feels more like the baseline: collected, repeatable, respectable.
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