'Cobra Juicy' and Erotic Centaurs: The Weird World of Black Moth
Super Rainbow  Tom Fec, frontman for the mysterious psych-
poppers, chats about the band's new music  Black Moth Super
Rainbow's Tobacco / Photo Seven Fields of Aphelion Black Moth
Super Rainbow's Tobacco / Photo Seven Fields of Aphelion Pat
Alexander  Buzz bands come and go with a quick refresh of your
Facebook feed. And Tom Fec, AKA Tobacco, the creative force
behind Pittsburgh-based group Black Moth Super Rainbow, seems to
be just fine with that. Since breaking through with their 2007
opus, Dandelion Gum, Fec (along with his crew of mask-wearing
merry pranksters) have released consistently great records of
mind-altering, sugar-coated, vocoder-heavy psychedelic pop. But
they've never quite rocketed out of the cult-group ghetto.
Maybe that will change with the band's terrific new set Cobra
Juicy, out October 23, which finds Fec showing off his sharpened
gift for gooey hooks — not to mention some pretty sweet guitar.
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