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UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - PARIS 2018

February 5, 2023 – 6:40 am

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UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
Paris 2018 [no label, 1CD]
Pitchfork Music Festival Paris. Pink Stage, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France; November 3, 2018. Very good audio (ripped from HDTV webcast).

Thanks to indykid for sharing the HDTV webcast at Dime.

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) is a New Zealand psychedelic rock band formed in Auckland, primarily composed of singer, guitarist, and songwriter Ruban Nielson, and bassist Jake Portrait. The band is currently based in Portland, Oregon, US. Nielson started the band in 2010. The band’s first album was released in 2011 on Fat Possum Records; four subsequent studio albums have been released on Jagjaguwar, the most recent being IC-01 Hanoi (2018).

In the spring of 2012, the band won the Taite Music Prize for the album II (Two). Although the nominated Unknown Mortal Orchestra did not win Best Alternative Album, Nielson took home the title of Best Male Artist at the 47th annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. - wikipedia

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Track 01. From the Sun/Ffunny Ffrends 11:32
Track 02. Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)/Necessary Evil 7:15
Track 03. Ministry of Alienation 4:04
Track 04. So Good at Being in Trouble 7:04
Track 05. American Guilt 4:06
Track 06. Not in Love We’re Just High 3:11
Track 07. Multi-Love 4:27
Track 08. Hunnybee 4:44
Track 09. Can’t Keep Checking My Phone 6:25
53 mins

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