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Mar 23, 2018 Unknown Mortal Orchestra By Christopher Roberts

New Zealand-born/Portland-based Unknown Mortal Orchestra (mainly the project of Ruban Nielson) are releasing a new album, Sex & Food, on April 6 via Jagjaguwar. Previously they shared its first single, “American Guilt” (as well as a video for the song), announced some tour dates for the spring, and shared another song from the album, “Not in Love We’re Just High,” via an animated video (it was one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared another song from the album, “Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays.” Listen below.

As Stereogum reports, the song was shared in an interesting way. Fans who preordered Sex & Food were sent a black pamphlet titled “Age of Paranoia” that included a link to www.everyoneactscrazynowadays.com and late last night “Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays” premiered there.

Sex & Food is the follow-up to 2015’s excellent Multi-Love. It was recorded in various cities, including Seoul, Hanoi, Reykjavik, Mexico City, and Auckland, as well as Nielson’s home base studio in Portland.

Read our 2015 interview with Unknown Mortal Orchestra about Multi-Love.

???? @UMO pic.twitter.com/SfSmXn76dm

— chris (@christopantz) March 21, 2018

@UMO what a nice wednesday surprise, very confused but that’s ok pic.twitter.com/kPE0JkeFQH

— gabe rainbow (@lwslfesteemboy) March 21, 2018

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Tour Dates:

April 22 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street w/ Makeness
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 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, Shamir
July 18 - Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl at Hard Rock
July 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
August 9-11 - Basel, Switzerland @ Open Air Basel
August 10-11 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Haven

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