![]() ![]() In recent years, Nabob and Rabob, who say they have a sibling-style relationship, have “dropped out” of the urban scene. That was my first experience with what I guess you’d call city living.” “I had to sit in this classroom with little headphones on and repeat words into a microphone and then get graded on it. “I had to take speech therapy classes ’cause they said I talked like a black person, and they didn’t like that,” he says. ![]() Likewise, the racism he experienced when he moved to Birmingham, Alabama, left a sour impression of city life. ![]() He attended an all-white church that wasn’t nearly as fun as the nearby black church sounded from the street, but unofficial segregation kept the congregations separate, instilling Nabob with a distaste for organized religion. Nabob was raised by his grandfather, a preacher, and his father, a coke dealer. Shineywater (Nabob) and Rachel Hughes (Rabob), spiritual experiences in the wild are as routine as tea and doobies.īoth Nabob and Rabob were born in lower Alabama, absorbing Southern gospel from the time they were toddlers. For Brightblack Morning Light’s Nathan D. In Dig!, the sensational documentary about the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Anton Newcomb is likened to someone who emerges from a long spell in the desert screaming that they’ve seen God. SeptemGateway to the Ether 6 ~ Lara Bennett of Petal Motelīrighblack Morning Light's swampy psychedelia grows from the ground. ![]()
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