Today, Unknown Mortal Orchestra releases their fourth album, Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar). A delightfully shapeshifting album, Sex & Food filters real-deal serious themes such as “What are we consuming? How is it affecting us, and why does everything feel so bad and weird sometimes?” through a vibrant sonic lens that spans battered drum-machine funk, doomy and thrashing rock, and pink-hued psychedelic disco. Recorded in a variety of locales from Seoul and Hanoi to Reykjavik, Mexico City, and Auckland, Sex & Food is a practical musical travelogue, traversing the world as well as a wide spectrum of human experience as we grapple with new realities.
Today, the band shares its video for the dance floor-ready ‘Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays,’ illustrated and animated by artist Greg Sharp. Watch it below.
What people are saying about Sex & Food:
“As essential to a happy life as its title.” – 4.5 stars, NZ Herald, TimeOut
“Sex and Food feels like it could only have come out of America at this moment. It certainly doesn’t look away from the social ravages, yet it also finds traces of humanity, and wraps it all up in a complex musical imagination. “When there’s music like this, there’s got to be some hope.” – Radio NZ National
“Unknown Mortal Orchestra is the most thrilling pop band to emerge from Aotearoa in the past decade… And new album Sex And Food might just be their best yet” – Stuff.co.nz
“Unknown Mortal Orchestra have proven once again, that they are one of the most progressive bands in the game at the moment, and definitely one New Zealand’s finer exports. – Sniffers
“Sex & Food, a kaleidoscopic journey through fiery guitar rock, artful soul grooves and lots more… it’s a set of perfectly constructed songs and fiercely memorable” – undertheradar
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
SEX & FOOD NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2018
Tickets on sale now from Live Nation tickets
Watch the official video for ‘Not In Love We’re Just High’
Watch the official video for ‘American Guilt’
Watch Unknown Mortal Orchestra perform ‘If You’re Going To Break Yourself’ live for RNZ.
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