Pitchfork

BMSR apparently like a bit of mystery, hiding their members behind names like Tobacco and Father Hummingbird and positing their music as something they stumbled upon in the Western Pennsylvania wilderness. Now based in Pittsburgh, they're on the verge of releasing their third full-length Dandelion Gum next month. "Sun Lips" is a good introduction to their sound, combining a synth that sound like the woozy Mellotron from the opening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" with vocodered vocals that conjure not so much robots as the larynx-shredding effects of inhaled Scotchgard. Indeed, Ween circa the Pod is an apt reference point, but these guys are way less dark and a touch more hippy. There's not much more to the song than these couple ingredients, but the unassuming melody is just right for the sentiment ("I love to be with you/ And the sun will rise, the sun will rise") even as the queasy music works against it. The warm summer feeling fantasy seems real but is also tinged with irony, as the music also sounds dank, interior, and hermetic.

MP3: > Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Sun Lips"
[from the forthcoming Dandelion Gun; due 5/15/2007 on Graveface]