Well I discovered this guy awhile back when I was looking at who was headlining the show that Beans (of Anti-Pop Consortium fame) was opening for at the Larimer Lounge. Turned out it was Tobacco, so I said what the hell, let's if he is any good. Turns out the music is amazing, I have been listening non-stop for over a week!
Starting out as the from man of a band called Black Moth Super Rainbow, an analogue psychedelic pop band, Tobacco has evolved from emulating the lo-fi, broken tape recorder sounds of Boards of Canada (sorry to use this comparison again, but in this case it's dead on!) to pulling out incredibly raw, catchy loops out of an analogue synth set to old school hip-hop beats with some distorted vocoders on top. The idea behind the Tobacco cover being to move away from pop towards something that a rhyme can be put to. This evolution can be tracked pretty easily from Dandelion Gum (second to last BMSR album) through Fucked Up Friends 1 & 2, finally culminating in Maniac Meat and LA UTI EP where we finally hear a few rappers throwing down some words on top of the Tobacco sounds. Well, enough with the words, here are some tracks for you to make up your own mind. I recommend you listen to "Lambourghini Meltdown featuring Zackey Force Funk" at the very least.
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