Taken from the looming Hot, Wet & Sassy.
Pennsylvanian musician Tobacco has teamed with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails for a new single.
The second preview of the enigmatic Black Moth Super Rainbow frontman’s looming fifth solo album Hot, Wet & Sassy, ‘Babysitter’ unfolds over two minutes in seamless shifts between bone-rattling bass, vocals gnarled with distortion and gentle respite served through hushed, glistening keys.
Discussing his follow-up to 2016’s Sweatbox Dynasty, Tobacco elaborates
“I feel like it’s the most I’ve been able to refine what I’m doing. For the past decade I’ve had this motherfxcker on my shoulder that makes me pick away at structure and melody. Purposely covering up moments because I can. That really came to a peak on Sweatbox. So I wanted the opposite this time. Write the songs without ripping them in half. I went from ‘what would the Butthole Surfers do?’ to ‘what would Cyndi Lauper do?'”
Hear ‘Babysitter’ below.
Hot, Wet & Sassy releases on October 30th via Ghostly International. Pre-order the album on black/clear stripped and standard black vinyl variants here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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