Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II (CD)
The opening line on the second album from Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a rather dark and compelling thought: "Isolation can put a gun in your hand". Nielson wrote most of the songs on II while he was on tour - a whirlwind state of existence he's been trying to cope with since the first UMO album came out in 2010 and found international acclaim, and there's something in the new tracks that reflect the delirious lack of control, and often a feeling of loneliness, late at night, on the road.
On almost lullaby-esque 'Swim and Sleep' he sings "I wish I could swim and sleep like a shark does, I'd fall to the bottom and I'd hide 'til the end of time in the sweet cool darkness" - sometimes even rock stars just want to go home and sleep. The first UMO album had a cheeky light-hearted beatnik atmosphere, while II finds the usually wild and free Nielson sounding quite mature, even heartfelt - and yet it's still an undeniably seductive, hook-filled collection. (NZ Herald)
Tracklist:
From The Sun 4:43
Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark) 2:45
So Good At Being In Trouble 3:50
One At A Time 2:28
The Opposite Of Afternoon 5:25
No Need For A Leader 5:44
Monki 7:18
Dawn 1:08
Faded In The Morning 4:21
Secret Xtians 2:43
The opening line on the second album from Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a rather dark and compelling thought: "Isolation can put a gun in your hand". Nielson wrote most of the songs on II while he was on tour - a whirlwind state of existence he's been trying to cope with since the first UMO album came out in 2010 and found international acclaim, and there's something in the new tracks that reflect the delirious lack of control, and often a feeling of loneliness, late at night, on the road.
On almost lullaby-esque 'Swim and Sleep' he sings "I wish I could swim and sleep like a shark does, I'd fall to the bottom and I'd hide 'til the end of time in the sweet cool darkness" - sometimes even rock stars just want to go home and sleep. The first UMO album had a cheeky light-hearted beatnik atmosphere, while II finds the usually wild and free Nielson sounding quite mature, even heartfelt - and yet it's still an undeniably seductive, hook-filled collection. (NZ Herald)
Tracklist:
From The Sun 4:43
Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark) 2:45
So Good At Being In Trouble 3:50
One At A Time 2:28
The Opposite Of Afternoon 5:25
No Need For A Leader 5:44
Monki 7:18
Dawn 1:08
Faded In The Morning 4:21
Secret Xtians 2:43
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