Black Moth Super Rainbow Biography
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Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this US psychedelic pop band was formed in 1996 by high school student Tobacco (Tom Fec). The line-up went through a number of changes before cohering around a cast of curiously named characters, namely the Seven Fields Of Aphelion (b. Maureen Boyle), Father Hummingburd (b. Seth Ciotti), Power Pill Fist (b. Ken Fec), and IFfernaut (b. Donna Kyler). The quintet set out their modus operandi on their 2003 debut Falling Through A Field, using vintage analogue and electronic instruments and occasional, heavily vocoded vocals to create a hazy, nostalgic sound akin to experimental rock bands from the late 60s and early 70s. Subsequent releases including 2004’s Start A People and the vinyl EP Lost, Picking Flowers In The Woods were equally charming, although the latter saw the band straying into far darker territory. A hypnotic 2006 collaboration with the similarly styled Octopus Project, on which it was difficult to ascertain which group was playing what, saw both bands receiving far more widespread press coverage than they had previously gained. Black Moth Super Rainbow then built on this new profile with their most coherent release to date, Dandelion Gum.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.
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