Neil Krug
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA RELEASES “EVERYONE ACTS CRAZY NOWADAYS” –
SEX & FOOD OUT APRIL 6th 2018 VIA JAGJAGUWAR
LONDON SHOW ANNOUNCED AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON NOVEMBER 21st 2018
LONDON ROUNDHOUSE SHOW ON 24th MAY 2018 IS NOW SOLD OUT
Unknown Mortal Orchestra releases the roomy-disco medication-meditation, “Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays“. The third track to be shared from his forthcoming album, Sex & Food, released on 6th April 2018 via Jagjaguwar, is perhaps his most straightforward dance song yet.The track was leaked early to fans who pre-ordered Sex & Food via a mysterious package that arrived last Thursday. It contained a pamphlet simply titled “Age of Paranoia.” The pamphlet included comics and lyrics by Ruban, as well as a link to everyoneactscrazynowadays.com, where the track appeared last Friday morning.
“Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays“
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the mastermind of the New Zealand-born, Portland, Oregon-based musician Ruban Nielson, today also announces a live show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 21st November 2018. Tickets are on pre-sale tomorrow and on general sale on Thursday at 9am here. The London show at The Roundhouse on 24th May 2018 is now sold out, two months upfront of the date. The band will also play live in Bristol, Manchester and Leeds in May, and have multiple European shows as well as an extensive North American run. Full live dates are listed below with UK shows in bold.
The follow-up to Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s critically acclaimed record Multi-Love, Sex & Food sees Nielson tap into both familiar and unexpected territory. The delightfully shape-shifting album 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. It’s not a dark record, per se. Even the album’s title, Sex & Food, focuses on two of the most undeniably pleasurable experiences in life; positivity despite the strangeness of our times.
The album was recorded in a variety of locales from Seoul and Hanoi to Reykjavik, Mexico City and Auckland, not to mention Nielson’s home studio in Portland. It is a practical musical travelogue, traversing the world as well as a wide spectrum of human experience. Nielson grapples with new, sometimes dismal realities, but succeeds in bringing the epiphanies to light.
April 23 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall w/ Makeness
April 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel w/ Makeness
April 26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel w/ Makeness
April 27 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ Makeness
April 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer w/ Makeness
April 30 – Boston, MA @ Royale w/ Makeness
May 1 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre w/ Makeness
May 2 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall w/ Makeness
May 3 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre w/ Makeness
May 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue w/ Makeness
May 7 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre w/ Makeness
May 8 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/ Makeness
May 9 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater w/ Makeness
May 10 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater w/ Makeness
May 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern w/ Makeness
May 12 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s w/ Makeness
May 18 – Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefährlich w/ Makeness
May 19 – Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus w/ Makeness
May 20 – Heidelberg, Germany @ Karlstorbahnhof w/ Makeness
May 21 – Düsseldorf, Germany @ zakk w/ Makeness
May 22 – Paris, France @ La Gaîté Lyrique w/ Makeness
May 24 – London, United Kingdom @ Roundhouse w/ Makeness
May 25 – Bristol, United Kingdom @ SWX w/ Makeness
May 26 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Strange Waves
May 27 – Leeds, United Kingdom @ World Island
May 28 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique w/ Makeness
May 30 – Bordeaux, France @Rock School Barbey
June 3 – Nantes, France @ Indigènes Festival
June 4 – Dublin, Ireland @ Forbidden Fruit Festival
Aug 9 – Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
May 31 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
June 7-9 – Porto, Portugal @ NOS Primavera Sound
June 10 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret Festival
July 6 – Richmond, VA @ The National w/ Shamir
July 7 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ Shamir
July 8 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse w/ Shamir
July 9 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre w/ Shamir
July 11 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic w/ Shamir
July 12 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall w/ Shamir
July 13 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ w/ Shamir
July 14 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater w/ Shamir
July 16 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre w/ Shamir
July 17 – Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheatre w/ Sylvan Esso w/ Shamir
July 18 – Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl at Hard Rock
July 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom w/ Shamir
July 23 – Missoula, MT @ The Top Hat
July 24 – Billings, MT @ The Pub Station
July 26 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
August 9-11 – Basel, Switzerland @ Open Air Basel
August 10-11 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Haven
November 21 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall (as part of the Albert Sessions) The Albert SessionsThe Albert Sessions find world-class artists who haven’t headlined the Hall before to showcase their talent on the main stage. As well as their headline concert, the artists host inspirational workshops and experiences for young people across all musical genres with the Hall’s Education & Outreach team. Previous headliners have included Jake Bugg, First Aid Kit, Nicola Benedetti, Alison Balsom and Foals.
https://www.royalalberthall.com/albert-sessions/
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