Diggin’ This: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Multi-Love” (Official Video)
The last time I wrote about Portland, Oregon-via-New Zealand lo-fi psychedelic-indie-soul outfit and band-name-you-would-probably-find-somewhere-in-an-anime-movie Unknown Mortal Orchestra was back when they covered Lindstrom’s spacey and disco-y “Rà-àkõ-st.,” which was and still is amazing in every which way.
“Sorry, Mum, I’m going to be late home for tea, got a bit too busy antiquing.”
They return with “Multi-Love” (which I first played on my Sunday night leftfield beats and electronic soul show on Dash Radio back in February). The video for the song is an over-saturated, kaleidoscopic bevy of color and image that fits the upbeat drums and hopeful organ keys of the song perfectly.
As if that wasn’t enough, Unknown Mortal Orchestra have also unveiled A VIDEO GAME, probably best summed up in the words of director Lionel Williams:
“It is meant to represent the vacuum of space by impressing upon inter-dimensional unfolding, immaterial objects, and time-driven reverberation of events. The virtual space allows for most 3D objects to trail in time – based on the directions one moves. You can construct & paint the objects in space to stretch them in any direction, to create infinitely vast compositional spaces.”
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Multi-Love” (Official Video)
Download the Multi-Love app here for Mac and here for PC.
The W, A, S, and D keys move you around and your mouse controls where you look.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s “Multi-Love” is out May 26 on Jagjaguwar.
Catch them on tour in one of the cities below!
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA TOUR DATES
May 7 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
May 9 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
May 10 – Spokane, WA – The Bartlett
May 20 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
May 21 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
May 22 – Coventry, UK – Warwick University
May 23 – Liverpool, UK – Sound City
May 25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet
May 26 – Berlin, Germany – Berghain Katine
May 27 – Brussels, Belgium – AB Club
May 28 – Paris, France – La Fleche d’or
May 28-30 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
May 29-31 – Nimes, France – This Is Not a Love Song
June 2 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
June 3 – Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre
June 4 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
June 5 – Pontiac, MI – Pike Room
June 6 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
June 8 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
June 9 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
June 10 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird
June 11 to 14 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
June 13 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
June 14 – Carboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
June 15 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
June 16 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot and Saddle
June 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot and Saddle
June 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
July 16 to 19 – Southwold, UK – Latitude Festival
July 23 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
July 26 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
July 28 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
July 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
July 31 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Aug 1 – Santa Fe, NM – Skylight
Aug 2 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
Aug 3 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
Aug 5 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Aug 6 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
Aug 7 to 9 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
Sep 20 – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg Pandora
Sep 22 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
Sep 23 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Sep 24 – Birmingham, UK – The Library at the Institute
Sep 25 – Manchester, UK – The Ritz
Sep 26 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
Sep 28 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Sep 29 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Sep 30 – Glasgow, UK – QMU