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Unknown Mortal Orchestra IC02 Bogota

Unknown Mortal Orchestra detail forthcoming EP, CURSE

28 May 2025, 15:15 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced the forthcoming EP CURSE, alongside the release of lead track, "BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES".

In defining what CURSE contends with thematically, Ruban Nielson shares: "In the hearts of men there are sometimes goodnesses hidden but substantial, which would be the difference in times of woe between finding oneself at the mercy of a monster or a more heroic creature. For the sake of sanity we can fool ourselves into believing these silver slivers of morality are visible from the outside, even when we know they aren’t. And anyway, so much of what we believe we can see from the outside is a mirage, especially these days."

"In the clownish, happy-go-lucky soil of lies and chaos, a silly kind of music can grow; a senseless laughter, and we can amuse ourselves with it, however darkly. We can dance with lost minds and howl in valiant hysteria as the stormtroopers of death, confused and incredulous, pile us or those we love into their meat wagons," he continues.

The EP closely follows Unknown Mortal Orchestra's IC-02 Bogotá, which was released earlier this year.

Tracklist:

  1. AURA

  2. BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES

  3. DEATH COMES FROM THE SKY

  4. ONE HUNDRED BATS

  5. SORCERERS OF SILENCE

  6. CURSE

CURSE, is set for release on 18 June via Jagjaguwar.

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