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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Rock · 2011 · 12 tracks · 39m

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

A dusty, tape-saturated debut of fractured psych-pop. Intricate guitar work meets tight, hip-hop-influenced rhythms under a layer of warm analog hiss.

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It sounds like a soul record from 1973 that was buried in a backyard for thirty years.

A restless and mysterious blend of soulful warmth and lo-fi isolation.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra · vs · Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Surreal Abstract+2.1σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 39m
01
FFunny FFrends
4:17
02
Bicycle
4:45
03
Thought Ballune
4:10
04
Jello and Juggernauts
3:24
05
How Can U Luv Me
3:28
06
Nerve Damage!
2:15
07
Little Blue House
3:01
08
Strangers Are Strange
2:24
09
Boy Witch
2:25
10
I Want to Be Left to My Own Devices
2:02
11
Cyrus' Theme
5:09
12
Rebuild the Theatres
2:27
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the guitar riff in FFunny FFrends sounds like it's being played through a melting cassette tape.
The frantic, almost punk-rock urgency of Nerve Damage! breaking the album's mid-tempo haze.
The extended, soulful guitar workout on Cyrus' Theme that feels like a lost Hendrix jam.
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