I had started off really noisy and abstract with Allegheny White Fish. We were all so happy with ourselves for coming up with that name in 10th grade, but it wasn’t too funny 4 years later. Then ssc [satanstompingcaterpillars] was like my way to be more melodic all the time, and a little more serious. Then when it started to shift again into something I might be a little more comfortable performing live, I brought in the rest of the band and we changed over again. [via FMLY interview with Tobacco/Black Moth Super Rainbow]
Allegheny White Fish is the high school project (pre-satanstompingcaterpillars, pre-Black Moth) of Tom Fec. I feel that I can use his name in this context because Tobacco certainly did not exist at this point.
This summer we’ll see a Tobacco release of The Allegheny White Fish Tapes CD, described as a “collection of tobacco’s high school tapes from 1996-1999. over 70 minutes of mostly unreleased/unheard broken ghetto-blaster songs. warped drum machines, purple noise, ripped cassettes, and melodies to calm you down. pre-black moth super rainbow, pre-vocoder, pre-synths, post-apocalypse.” The CD will be released by Rad Cult Records which raises the question if Black Moth is to Graveface, then what is Rad Cult leading towards? If you read our interview with Tobacco/BMSR then you may remember him noting a new project for next year.
Album art above, pre-order the CD here, tracklist after the jump. If you’re curious as to the sound of AWF, hit up Tobacco’s MySpace to hear “Braided Cellophane” or take another listen to Drippers‘ “I Saw Brown.”
Allegheny White Fish - I Saw Brown (pre-bmsr from 1999)
and since i just posted on the octopus project…
Black Moth Super Rainbow + The Octopus Project - Marshmallow Window
Not to spoil any surprises, but for BMSR fans we have more VERY exciting news. Just make sure you’re at the Troubadour May 29 and keep your night open after the show.
RLTD
FMLY Interviews BMSR/Tobacco
Download: BMSR - Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise
BMSR to play FREE show in NY this Summer ‘09
Tobacco remixes Height - “Baltimore Highlands”
BMSR Eat tour ‘09
“Happy Melted City” video by Beta Carnage
The Hood Internet vs Tobacco
02. What You Gonna Say to Me?
03. Sunburned Face
04. The Bees Love Me
05. Left Out (The Freaky Pieces)
06. Enough To Calm You Down
07. Metal Ball Moon
08. Backwards Song #2
09. Dead Cowboy Dance (Live to ghettoblaster)
10. Yellow Violet
11. The Blue Seahorse
12. 4-Track Phone Mistake
13. The Love Song
14. Gonna Git You Brainwashed (Long Version)
15. Oh Shit Doug
16. I Am 6 Years Old
17. Eating Butterflies
18. I Saw Brown
19. All Songs Have an Ending
20. Too Weird to be a Tree
21. Violet Induced Armpit
22. Friendly and Unfriendly Spiders
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