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Psychodelia hasn't been in vogue for a good 40 years in the music business. Sure, bands like the Flaming lips and Polyphonic Spree have dabbled with it, but never without balancing it with a healthy dosing of more modern pop numbers to avoid freaking out the masses too much. It's refreshing to see then that there are some exceptions that still remember Woodstock, even if they were born some 15 years after the last joint was passed apon the left hand side.

Black Moth Super Rainbow is one such band that is forging ahead in this genre with no regard to what should be popular or socially acceptable. Their hot off the presses album Dandelion Gum is a perfect example of pschodelic music, it's swirling synth laden melodies making it nearly impossible for the listener to see in anything other than full colour, and the effects heavy vocals occasionally becoming lucid enough for them to partly get a message across, in between being a pleasant but ultimately confusing background noise.

While the album holds a couple of highlights, namely Sun Lips squashed firmly in the middle of the album with its repetitive hook vocal/melody combination and slightly melancholy undertones, the rest of the album does tend to drag on a bit due to similar ground being repeatedly covered between tracks. While not completely without its merits the album does tend to lend itself to falling into the 'would be better on acid' basket, and unfortunately for the band no one takes that anymore.