Black Moth Super Rainbow continue to make records that tweak their core approach of sticky sweet melodies, queasy synths, and vocodered vocals. Their previous release, 2018’s Panic Blooms, degraded and murked up the sound to a degree they hadn’t attempted before. Eight years later, they’ve gone in almost the opposite direction on Soft New Magic Dream. Instead of murk and grime, the songs are almost pretty. The synths have a glistening sheen to them, the vocals are almost lilting, and the melodies throughout are soft and dreamy for the most part. Of course, it being BMSR, these bits of abstract loveliness are still a little sickly, a little off-kilter, and not recommended for a playlist one might be making for a prospective romantic partner.
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