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I was recently interviewed for the Bygone Bureau, and author Kevin Nguyen asked me if I listened to everything that got sent to me.
My response was “ARE YOU CRAZY?”
Because after 8 years of doing this, the sheer volume of daily submissions make it virtually impossible to listen to everything that gets sent my way. And there’s no “system” for choosing what I do click on– it’s pretty much random.
So I feel super lucky that, for whatever reason, I clicked on the succinct one-line email from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Yes, they’re one of those bands with zero online presence (they’re from either Portland or NZ I think), and just one song. But damn, what a song it is.
MP3: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “FFunny FFrends”
Keep your eyes on Unknown-Mortal-Orchesta.Bandcamp.Com and cross your fingers that we get more songs. Because FFunny FFrends is fantastic, but I’m dying for more.
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May 18th, 2010 at 11:52 am
This song is AMAZING. Just what I needed this morning.
May 18th, 2010 at 11:53 am
I’m in 100% agreement with you there, Terence.
May 18th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Good ol’ Pitchfork.
May 19th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Totally incredible. Instant favourite song. So glad you clicked on that email and revealed it to everyone else.
June 2nd, 2010 at 8:07 am
[...] music from Portland’s mysterious Unknown Mortal Orchestra — the artist whose lone song I recently posted spawned more excitement / activity / buzz than I’m at liberty to speak of — has just [...]
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 am
[...] there isn’t much information floating around regarding Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Through CATBIRDSEAT I found that the group is from Portland but that’s about it. Regardless, check out the [...]
June 7th, 2010 at 5:45 am
[...] since Ryan Catbird posted about Unknown Mortal Orchestra last month, this mysterious band has managed to carpetbomb [...]
December 1st, 2010 at 4:57 pm
[...] that assumes Pitchfork has the time to hear out their ‘alternative’ Radiohead covers. Somehow, either by luck or by fate, the internet gave a shit about this particular [...]
May 2nd, 2011 at 10:50 pm
[...] Unknown Mortal Orchestra are nothing if not accurately named– there’s barely a droplet of information about this band out there, other than the fact that they are from Portland (and there are plenty of Portlands). The band (excuse me, orchestra) have exactly one song to its name thus far, the fuzzed-out beat-pop jam “Ffuny Ffrends”– and it’s definitely promising. – Catbirdseat [...]