If you’re looking for charged Psych Rock and gloomy Disco, then New Zealand’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra are the band for you in 2018. Following on from the last full studio release Multi-Love in 2015, Ruban Neilson’s group have went on to throw distorted weight behind some tracks and a refined finesse to others. Their new album Sex and Food is due for a April 6th release and their latest single from their fourth studio album ‘Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays’ falls into the finesse category. Familiar chiming organs and keys give way to a crisp beat with shuffling support from which similarly smooth chamber instrumentation bops on to a quickened tempo. Ruban’s hushed falsetto sails easily over it all as his vocals are cleverly backed up by the bass line only; thus freeing other elements to accentuate and expand the boundaries of the song. A cleverly arranged and produced track.
Owen Riddle
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