Stream Unknown Mortal Orchestra Blue Record EP
Portland/Kiwi combo Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s follow up to January’s sophomore set II is an acoustic EP called Blue Record. (Somebody tell Baroness!) It features spare unplugged versions of their own material plus covers of Beck and — as we heard last month — Dirty Projectors. And while an acoustic record might seem like an odd turn for a band that typically deals in dubby compact psych, this thing is a seriously lovely 15-minute finger-plucked excursion that fans of Jose Gonzalez (specifically) and nimble acoustic fretwork (generally) will gratefully gobble. You can now stream the whole thing at KCRW.
The Blue Record EP is out 11/5 via Jagjaguwar.