UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
MCD.ie presents
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
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**TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRI 27th MAR AT 9AM** Portland based psychedelic rock group Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced their much anticipated Irish return with a headline show at Whelan’s, Wexford Street on Saturday, September 26th 2015. Tickets priced €16.50 inclusive of booking fee go on sale at 9am this Friday, March 27th from Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.ie Unknown Mortal Orchestra release their new album Multi-Love on Friday, May 22nd. While legions of artists show fidelity to psychedelia’s roots, Unknown Mortal Orchestra has always shared the rare quality that makes the genre’s legends vital, a constant need for exploration. Last year, frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson descended into his home studio in a Portland basement to chart out where’s he traveled since his last set of unhinged psych-soul ballads. He discovered that the best way for him to move forward would be to look back. Where Nielson addressed the pain of being alone on II, Multi-Love takes on the complications of being together. “The writing on this album was more abstract, riddles that slightly disrupt the flow,” he says. “A good lyric was something that didn’t quite sit right. I don’t want to be sad or nostalgic about these relationships. I want to be more celebratory. It’s a feeling and desire that just came from time, being further away from it all. It was never going to be simple. I’m a bit wild, and was never going to just be normal.” It’s psychedelia that doesn’t ignore the last 40 years of music, pushing boundaries and making a quiet argument against the idea that every frontier has been explored. Multi-Love offers a flowing, cohesive view of Nielson’s expanded vision. Jagged, sculpted beats and cosmic synthesizers (especially on the weightless outro of “Stage or Screen”) add dimension to a genre supposedly known for its expansive creativity. During the making of his last album, Nielson jokingly recorded a song called “Two Generations of Excess” with an eight-minute guitar solo, which was never included. The sheer sonic variety on Multi-Love suggests he’s still feeling creative and restless. Tickets for Unknown Mortal Orchestra go on sale this Friday at 9am