Mwahaha’s debut album is no evil joke

4-piece psychedelic pop rockers Mwahaha hail from Oakland, California. The band comprising Ross Peacock, brothers Nathan and Cyrus Tilton and James Murphy released their self-titled debut album yesterday (December 6th) on their own imprint Mwahaha Music.

Mwahaha, recorded and mixed by Eli Crews (Deerhoof, tUnE-YarDs), is heavy on vintage synths and drum machines. tUnE-YarDs’ Merrill Garbus teamed up with the foursome in ‘Love’, where she co-sings with Ross Peacock.

The last track on the album, ‘Bathynomus Gigantes’, is an epic 11 minute trippy number.

Check out below the array of distorted melodic layers on the first single ‘Rainbow Diamond’. You can listen to whole album and buy it digitally here. A double vinyl edition is expected soon.

15th Stake

  1. DJ Shadow – I Gotta Rock
  2. Black Dice – Kokomo
  3. Mwahaha – Love (w/ Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs)
  4. William Sheller – Introit
  5. Ducktails – Beach Point Pleasant
  6. Diabologum – Dernier Etage
  7. Liturgy – Generation
  8. Macaw – Five Minutes at the Rainforest Cafe
  9. Disco Inferno – Love Stepping Out
  10. Love Is All – Busy Doing Nothing
  11. Beck – 1000 Bpm
  12. OMO – Oversized
  13. Thomas Truax – Prove it to My Daughter
  14. Hind Ear – Origami
  15. John Shankie – A Song