![]() ![]() The guys croon “You’re so good at being in trouble,” and the song rings with a classic R&B feel. ![]() This slow moving tune is dripped in the honey-sweet falsetto harmonizing of writer/guitarist Ruban Nielson and drummer Riley Geare. “So Good at Being in Trouble” is but another shift of sound on II– and it’s one toward the downright sexy. The melody gets an immediate jolt into much livelier territory where the three-piece gets to show off their inner good-vibes, despite singing “I’m so lonely, I’m gonna eat my popcorn alone” – poor guy! The beginning acoustic melody of “From the Sun,” the first track off II, makes for an oddly sun-soaked nod to violence in the harmonized phrase “Isolation can put a gun in your hand… if you need to, you can get away from the sun, you can get away from the sun”. The flange soaked solos and driving, repetitive beats of UMO that have often merited the label of psychedelic rock, however the radical shifts in style throughout II throw any distinction to the curb. ![]() There is still an ever-present, glowing reverb and lo-fi sheen reflecting off their music, but what separates II is heavier, catchy hooks, and jazz phrasings that thoughtfully dance through psychedelic movements. Unknown Mortal Orchestra has a sound that reaches into the past and their second album, the aptly named II, is a step in a grainier and groovier direction. ![]()
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