II is set for release February 5, 2013
Similar Artists: Tame Impala. MGMT, Super Furry Animals, Melody's Echo Chamber
Stream Unknown Mortal Orchestra's "II" by clicking here. Cheers!
Writeup and Audio Courtesy: npr.org (First Listen)
It's hard to place Unknown Mortal Orchestra's
songs on a timeline: There's uncertainty baked right into the band's
name, but its sound also shape-shifts frequently through the worlds of
brittle indie-pop, Nuggets-era retro psych-rock, vintage soul
and something more alien altogether. Though no longer enshrouded in
actual anonymity — Unknown Mortal Orchestra began as a name for the solo
basement recordings of Mint Chicks' Ruban Nielson, who kept his
involvement quiet early on — the songs themselves don't attach
themselves to specific eras, genres, seasons or regions of the country.
With the accurate if nondescript title II (out Feb. 5), UMO's second album does make Nielson's sound a bit grabbier — there's more of a breezy brightness to it than could be heard on its self-titled predecessor, while several of these songs (most notably "The Opposite of Afternoon") carry off a strain of soft psychedelic nostalgia. II still traffics in, and thrives on, its air of strangeness and unknowability, but that just makes its moments of shimmery warmth that much sweeter.
With the accurate if nondescript title II (out Feb. 5), UMO's second album does make Nielson's sound a bit grabbier — there's more of a breezy brightness to it than could be heard on its self-titled predecessor, while several of these songs (most notably "The Opposite of Afternoon") carry off a strain of soft psychedelic nostalgia. II still traffics in, and thrives on, its air of strangeness and unknowability, but that just makes its moments of shimmery warmth that much sweeter.
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