![]() ![]() “I wish I could swim and sleep like a shark does,” he sings on the album’s lead single “Swim and Sleep,” “asleep and constantly floating away…” This plea for woozy, semi-consciousness works well with UMO’s unique brand of obfuscated pop music, and thankfully Nielson has retained his knack for hook and catch throughout these past few years of intense touring, ![]() Yet despite a solid, self-titled LP and loads of acclaim, the first word Nielson sings on Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s II is “isolation.” The band’s sophomore release, out on Jagjaguwar, sounds similar enough to UMO’s first hits but is permeated with a different, darker kind of unknowable intrigue. ![]() ![]() “FFunny FFriends” was the peppy Bandcamp track that amassed so much online hype it morphed Ruben Nielson’s bedroom project from an internet mystery into an established, touring band.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |