Tobacco “Six Royal Vipers”
Where Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Seven Fields of Aphelion has gone the way of dreamy, […]
Where Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Seven Fields of Aphelion has gone the way of dreamy, ambient soundscapes, Tobacco, the group’s de facto frontman, has been busy crafting beat-heavy, psychedelic fuzz stompers. Recalling mid-period Beck at his finest, “Six Royal Vipers” features crisp handclaps, an ever-warping piano loop, lazer arpeggiations, and heavily-filtered vocal harmonies. Though the lyrical content is undeniably melancholic, it is vocalized in a way that renders it more of an invocation of hazy, summertime bliss. Tobacco’s second record, Maniac Meat, came out last week on Anticon, and he’s pulling some extensive tour dates out of his hat for the early autumn, which you can check out here.
