Doomstar! “Rainbow Bloodsucker” (MP3)
Rainbow Bloodsucker is the 2nd release by Doomstar! of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Like its predecessor Colors, it was recorded and mixed in a week by the band and Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth).
Consisting of 8 songs and falling just under 26 minutes, Doomstar! take the songwriting displayed on their debut and concentrate it like a reduction on Rainbow Bloodsucker, intensifying the flavors and hitting the aural palate quicker. Guitarist Spenser Gralla and drummer Noah Bond exchange their share of yelps, whoas, and other syllables on songs like “Handsome Man” and “Kitty Kitty” while bassist Jeff Johnson maintains a foundation of rhythmic fuzz.
In fact, everything seems to be marinated in a warm mix of fuzz, reverb, and slap echo, a decision that Doomstar! has consciously made. Like Black Lips and Thee Oh Sees before them, this sound serves as the sonic glue for the songwriting spectrum; from the galloping title track, to the Dead Meadow dirge of “Sharon Mitchel” and the “Gimmee Some” psychedelic beach party.
It spans the void between a summer car ride and a tidal wave! Imagine experiencing massive flashbacks of early 90’s nostalgia while riding a gilded unicorn across a rainbow landscape folding in on itself and then exploding in to geysers of 60’s R&B grooves and you might start to get the picture.
Copies of Rainbow Bloodsucker will be available at their next show, opening for Surfer Blood and Turbo Fruits at Great Scott in Allston, Massachusetts on March 2nd, 2010.
HIGHLIGHTS
Rainbow Bloodsucker and Colors are both available for sale at http://doomstar.bandcamp.com, and available physically on CD and 12” vinyl through their own label Grandma & Grandpa Records.
Doomstar! moves fast: wrote Colors one month before recording. Recording and mixing took four days. The band hit the road immediately after, playing as low as Atlanta and as high as Toronto. Rainbow Bloodsucker was recorded and mixed in seven days.
Shared stages with Mission of Burma, Apollo Sunshine, Drug Rug, Thank You, Mi Ami, Wooden Shijps, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Beach Fossils, and others.
