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Jun 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Unknown Mortal Orchestra

New Zealand-born/Portland-based Unknown Mortal Orchestra (mainly the project of Ruban Nielson) released a new album, Sex & Food, back in April via Jagjaguwar. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Hunnybee.” Greg Sharp animated and directed the clip, as he has done for the other videos for the album, which were also animated in a similar style. The video features a train journey that is at first peaceful, but then fraught with potential danger. “Hunnybee” was inspired by Nielson’s daughter and the song’s title is also her middle name. Watch the video below, followed by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s upcoming tour dates.

Previously Unknown Mortal Orchestra shared Sex & Food‘s first single, “American Guilt” (as well as a video for the song), shared “Not in Love We’re Just High” via an animated video (it was one of our Songs of the Week), and also shared “Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays” (which was also one of our Songs of the Week), as well as a video for “Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays.”

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 recent interview with Unknown Mortal Orchestra about Sex & Food.

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

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Tour Dates:

June 6 - Rome, Italy @ Siren Festival Preview
June 8 - 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 w/ Shamir
July 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom w/ Shamir
July 21 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
July 23 - Missoula, MT @ The Top Hat
July 24 - Billings, MT @ The Pub Station
July 26 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
July 27 - Chicago, IL @ House of Vans
August 9 - Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
August 10 - Basel, Switzerland @ Open Air Basel
August 11 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Haven
August 16 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
September 5 - Christchurch, New Zealand @ The Foundry Bar
September 6 - Dunedin, New Zealand @ Glenroy Auditorium
September 7 - Wellington, New Zealand @ Hunter Lounge
September 8 - Auckland, New Zealand @ Auckland Town Hall
September 12 - Melbourne, Australia @ Forum Theatre
September 14 - Adelaide, Australia @ Fat Controller
September 15 - South Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Festival
September 16 - Newtown, Australia @ Enmore Theatre
September 18 - Perth, Australia @ Badlands
September 23 - Tokyo, Japan @ WWWX
October 4 - Guadalajara, Mexico @ C3 Stage
October 6 - Lomas Atlas, Mexico @ Festival Hipnosis @ Deportivo Lomas Atlas
November 19 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
November 21 - London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall
November 22 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
November 23 - Sheffield, UK @ The Leadmill
November 25 - Dublin, Ireland @ The Academy
November 26 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC

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