Unknown Mortal Orchestra broadcasts new EP Curse, reveals “Boys with the Traits of Wolves”

Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the undertaking of multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson, has introduced Curse, a brand new EP set for launch on June 18th through Jagjaguwar. He’s additionally shared the brand new tune “Boys with the Traits of Wolves,” the EP’s first single.

Curse serves as Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s second launch of the 12 months following March’s instrumental EP IC-02 Bogotá. It’s his first non-instrumental launch since his 2023 double album V. On Curse, Nielson took inspiration from ’70s and ’80s Italian horror movies and confronting “the void.”

In a press release, Nielson described the EP’s overarching themes: “Within the hearts of males there are generally goodnesses hidden however substantial, which might be the distinction in instances of woe between discovering oneself on the mercy of a monster or a extra heroic creature. For the sake of sanity we are able to idiot ourselves into believing these silver slivers of morality are seen from the skin, even after we know they aren’t. And anyway, a lot of what we consider we are able to see from the skin is a mirage, particularly lately.”

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He continued: “Within the clownish, happy-go-lucky soil of lies and chaos, a foolish sort of music can develop; a mindless laughter, and we are able to amuse ourselves with it, nonetheless darkly. We will dance with misplaced minds and howl in valiant hysteria because the stormtroopers of demise, confused and incredulous, pile us or these we love into their meat wagons.”

“Boys with the Traits of Wolves,” the EP’s first providing, builds a spindling riff, driving drums, and an air of stress to a rollicking, Sabbath-inspired refrain. It’s definitely a darker flip from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, particularly given the bloody, eerie video directed by Nielson himself; however above all, it’s a headbang-worthy return. Stream the brand new tune beneath.

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