Panic Blooms

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Panic Blooms
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)
GenreElectronic
Length42:24
LabelRad Cult
Black Moth Super Rainbow chronology
Cobra Juicy
(2012)
Panic Blooms
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!(7/10)[3]

Panic Blooms is the seventh studio album by American electronic band Black Moth Super Rainbow. It was released on May 4, 2018, under Rad Cult Records.[4]

Critical reception[edit]

Panic Blooms was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 72, based on 7 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 73 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 5 reviews.[5]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Panic Blooms"4:03
2."Baby's in the Void"3:38
3."Rip On Through"1:55
4."One More Ear"0:51
5."Bad Fuckin Times"2:42
6."New Breeze"4:09
7."Aerosol Weather"1:44
8."June July 28"1:05
9."Bottomless Face"2:35
10."Permanent Hole"3:19
11."To the Beat of a Creeper"1:30
12."We Might Come Back"2:26
13."Harmlessly"2:25
14."Backwash"4:04
15."Sunset Curses"2:21
16."Mr No One"3:37
Bonus cassette
No.TitleLength
1."Smoky Mountain Neverthing"9:11

On October 18, 2019, Rad Cult released an alternate version of the album titled Panic Fades. In addition to two exclusive bonus tracks, the Panic Blooms tracks are slowed down to 75% the original speed to simulate a vinyl listening experience.[6]

Panic Fades CD track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Neither"2:19
2."Bad Fuckin Times (Slow)"3:33
3."June July 28 (Slow)"1:23
4."Harmlessly (Slow)"3:09
5."Mr No One (Slow)"4:44
6."We Might Come Back (Slow)"3:11
7."Aerosol Weather (Slow)"2:16
8."Rip On Through (Slow)"2:32
9."Bottomless Face (Slow)"3:23
10."One More Ear (Slow)"1:07
11."Panic Blooms (Slow)"5:21
12."New Breeze (Slow)"5:28
13."Backwash (Slow)"5:20
14."Permanent Hole (Slow)"4:21
15."Baby's in the Void (Slow)"4:47
16."Sunset Curses (Slow)"3:05
17."To the Beat of a Creeper (Slow)"1:57
18."Good When It Fades"2:21

Charts[edit]

Chart (2018) Peak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[7] 54
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 15
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[10] 17

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Panic Blooms by Black Moth Super Rainbow". Metacritic. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Simpson, Paul. "Panic Blooms - Black Moth Super Rainbow". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Blinov, Paul (May 2, 2018). "Black Moth Super Rainbow - Panic Blooms". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Slingerland, Calum (February 20, 2018). "Black Moth Super Rainbow Return with First New Album in Six Years". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Panic Fades, by Black Moth Super Rainbow". Black Moth Super Rainbow. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  7. ^ "Black Moth Super Rainbow Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Black Moth Super Rainbow Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Black Moth Super Rainbow Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Black Moth Super Rainbow Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.