Multi-Love

Unknown Mortal Orchestra never fails to impress me. After their first couple albums, I though, how could this get any better? And then, Multi-Love came into my sullen world. I never thought UMO could pull off pop-rock, but they have proven my wrong. Bravo, UMO. Take five stars from me.

I have fallen in love with this album. Every song. There's something very sexy about his voice, the lyrics...hot. I have had it on repeat for a few days now.

Dat funky beat on can’t keep checking my phone though! MCFC!

A really confident, catchy and diverse album. I was left a little unsure after my first full listen. However on my second, third and fourth listen, I found myself lost inside of a melodically expressive and synthfully layered album. I fell musically introvert to this psychodelic rapture.

And some people say there's no more great modern music!

This guy's guitar chords are stretchin' dope across the fretboard! Drums: OFF THA HOOK! Keep up the good work, guys!

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It's sounds like they added a bunch of sounds they like together on garage band, and slapped on a title.

This album is fire. Been a huge fan of UMO's sound since their early albums. In this new, –albeit short– release, they manage to fuse their fuzzy, ornamented psych-rock into a funkier, dancier production style. Fusing strong lyrical hooks with a focused, yet still marginally-defined garagey sound creates a new lens through which their music can laser-focus on jumping into the public eye. The new single "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" lays a disjointed, almost Prince-styled vocal line layered over a straight disco back-beat. It's infectious and fresh, without being pretentious, and the perfect song to bring in the Summer. "Multi-Love" merges a sweeping, haunting vocal line with a confident, driving drum line and sitar arpeggios that only UMO themselves can pull off. It's a perfect marriage of classical, psychedelic and funk sounds, and conceptually one of the best albums they've constructed. True UMO die-hards will probably lament the poppier side of this album, citing that UMO simply doesn't need to get overly bubbly, go full disco or follow current trends of "hipster dance music" to be easily accessible. One might even venture that this is their first-ditch attempt to jump to the mainstream; not surprisingly, the singles from this album could easily be heard on a radio station. And to that I say: good music needn't stay in the garage, these guys deserve to be heard. They made a strong pact with their producer to remain true to their musical roots, and have simply honed their ideas to a fine edge (though still a fuzzier edge than most) that people can focus on. Long story short, buy this album...

Love this band. Such unique chord progressions. "Multi-Love" = best song of the year. "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" is a dance party in your eardrums. The Chorus is so catchy. It was stuck in my head for like a week straight. "The World is Crowded" is such a laid back summer jam. "Necessary Evil" is great as well. Definitely go back and check out the first two records. "So good at being in trouble" is one of my favorite songs, ever. "Ffunny Ffriends" is pretty great also.