Portland's psych rock trio
Unknown Mortal Orchestra recently released a video for “Thought Ballune,”
co-directed by Jordan Blady and Ryan Knowles.
This laid-back dance track gets a creepy house party treatment, which
brings an added element to the song amidst a dingy setting. The song off a
self-titled debut may have been created by New Zealand native Ruban Nielson’s
home studio, but he told Rolling Stone
that he didn’t want to go out on the road with a “totally substandard” live
show. “I wanted people to be surprised
at how good we were, not how bad we were.”
Nielson begins a tour next
month with local producer Jake Portrait on bass and drummer Julien Ehrich. They will be headlining at a few venues in California before joining in support of Girls through the month of March. Plans also include the requisite stop at SXSW
for any buzz-worthy band.