20 August 2015 - 1 Comment
Blind Tiger Touring proudly presents:
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
FULL NEW ZEALAND TOUR FOR DECEMBER 2015;
12th December – Powerstation - Auckland
14th December - Bodega - Wellington
15th December - Allen St - Christchurch
16th December – Chicks Hotel – Dunedin
17th December - Chicks Hotel - Dunedin
UMO will be supported on all dates
by New Zealand three-piece Las Tetas.
Tickets on sale from 9am, Monday 24th August:
Auckland – http://www.powerstation.co.nz/
Wellington/Christchurch/ Dunedin – http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/
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“…
It’s guitar riffery and sweet, strong melodies tinged with loneliness and
listlessness”– NZ Herald, 5 stars
“Within
the first 30 seconds of opening track Can’t Keep Checking My Phone, you know
you’re in the presence of genius” –Sunday Star Times, 5
stars
“If
Prince had listened to The Mint Chicks third album Screens and then
collaborated with Ruban Nielson himself, I’m not sure we’d have a finer album
than we have here” – Cheeseontoast.co.nz
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra – the Portland via New Zealand outfit
fronted by psychedelic visionary Ruban Nielson – will return to New Zealand for
a highly anticipated run of national dates in December.
Nielson will be joined by his cohorts from his adopted hometown – bassist Jacob
Portrait, drummer Riley Geare, and keyboardist Quincy McCrary. The shows will
mark UMO’s first shows back in New Zealand since their exclusive date at the St
Jerome’s Laneway Festival in 2014.
Already one of the year’s best albums, Multi-Love follows the introspective and
road-weary II (2013) and their self-titled 2011 debut, which blew the lid off
the bedroom project started by Nielson following his relocation to Portland and
the dissolution of The Mint Chicks.
Though conceived in the bedroom, UMO are a force to be reckoned with on stage.
With Geare and Portrait locking down a tight groove, Nielson’s guitar prowess
really comes to the fore. The band’s songs often descend into extended
psychedelic jams, and with the addition of McCrary on keys, their new material
– as well as favourites from their first two records – has taken on an extra
dimension live. Don’t miss them when they play songs from Multi-Love in New
Zealand for the very first time.
Multi-Love is out now on Jagjaguwar and proudly distributed in New Zealand by Rhythmethod.
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VIDEO WATCH:
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Ur Life One Night (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giwX3fbUbdQ
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
12th December – St James - Auckland
Tickets to the Auckland show on sale 9am Tuesday 25th August from: Ticketek.co.nz
Tickets to the Wellington/Christchurch/ Dunedin shows on sale 9am Monday 24th August from: undertheradar.co.nz