''Eating Us'' is the fourth studio album by
Pennsylvania
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based band
Black Moth Super Rainbow
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BMSR is a solo music ...
released on May 26, 2009, on the CD format. With a running time of just under 36 minutes, it is the shortest full-length release by the band to date. The album was released in a limited-edition "hairy" version, in which the CD case is stored inside a bag made of synthetic hair.
The "hairy" version was sold out before the album was even released due to pre-orders.
[ After many delays, Eating Us was released in a 180 gram "Audiophile" edition on black vinyl on April 6, 2010. A Double LP version, limited to 1000 copies, was released April 17, 2010 on ]Record Store Day
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. The Double LP is on Amber 150 gram vinyl with foil prints on sides b and d. Both LP versions come in Stoughton gatefold packaging done with foil printing.
BMSR leader Tobacco
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has noted his dissatisfaction with the album, stating that the majority of the songs were "90% done" and that producer Dave Fridmann
David Lawrence Fridmann is an American record producer and musician.
Career
From 1990 onwards he co-produced most releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips. Other bands he has worked with include Weezer, Saxon Shore, Neon Indian, Wolf Gang, ...
"totally polished a turd." However, he also listed "Twin of Myself" and "Tooth Decay" as two of his favorite BMSR songs.
Track listing
# "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise" - 3:44
# "Dark Bubbles" - 3:08
# "Twin of Myself" - 3:23
# "Gold Splatter" - 4:17
# "Iron Lemonade" - 3:24
# "Tooth Decay" - 3:15
# "Fields Are Breathing" - 3:32
# "Smile the Day After Today" - 2:35
# "The Sticky" - 2:15
# "Bubblegum Animals" - 1:42
# "American Face Dust" - 3:26
# "Untitled Hidden Track" - 1:32
LP track listing
Side 1:
# "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise"
# "The Sticky"
# "Tooth Decay"
# "Gold Splatter"
# "Fields Are Breathing"
# "American Face Dust"
Side 2:
# "Twin of Myself"
# "Smile the Day After Today"
# "Dark Bubbles"
# "Bubblegum Animals"
# "Iron Lemonade"
# "Carpet" (LP exclusive)
References
External links
*
Eating Us
' at Metacritic
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Black Moth Super Rainbow Catalog
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2009 albums
Albums produced by Dave Fridmann
Black Moth Super Rainbow albums