Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced a new album, IC-02 Bogotá, out March 28 via Jagjaguwar. To celebrate the new release, the band led by Ruban Nielson has shared a single entitled “Earth 1,” which also features a video directed by the man himself. The 11-minute recording is a loose jam highlighted by a bevy of percussive accents and a delightfully funky Rhodes solo about eight minutes in. The video features footage captured by Nielson in the studio.
Following 2018’s IC-01 Hanoi, the new album is a part of an instrumental series in which UMO improvise sets in the various cities the releases are ultimately named after. Bogotá was recorded at Estudio Naranja in the Colombian city with the band’s new keyboard player, Christian Li.
Check out the video for “Earth 1” below, and pre-order IC-02 Bogotá here.
