BIMM Life, May 2018
It’s been three years since our ears were serenaded with the psychedelic moans and dreamy bass guitars of New Zeland quintet, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Mercifully, the wait for album number four is over.
Sex and Food flows like a heart rate monitor reading of a patient with arrhythmia. The opening, A God Called Hubris, is an unconventional mess of sounds, a perfect intro to set the scene for the entire album. Songs such as American Guilt, which is enough to make you feel as though you’re about to enter a boxing ring with Mike Tyson, contrast with The Internet of Love (That Way), a beautifully romantic song which makes you look at everything through rose-tinted glasses.
The album is weirdly wonderful, from the artwork, to the title, to the music itself. As UMO fans know, this is entirely in keeping with their previous work. Talking of the title, front man, Ruban Nielson explained in an interview that he wanted an album name that was “simple and dumb”, a huge contrast to the album itself.
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