Today, Unknown Mortal Orchestra has shared a new single. “That Life,” out now via Jagjaguwar, highlights the intricate production, soulful hooks, and elevated instrumentation for which the band is known. The new song comes alongside a masterful video directed by Lydia Fine and Tony Blahd featuring a puppet created by renowned Daytime Emmy Award-nominated puppeteer and fabricator Laura Manns, who has worked on The Muppets and Sesame Street. The video, featuring Mann’s puppet and immaculately constructed sets captures the song’s energy well. Check it out below…
Speaking on the evolution of the song, frontman Ruban Nielson says: “I saw this painting by Hieronymus Bosch called The Garden of Earthly Delights and in the painting there was a mixture of crazy stuff going on, representing heaven, earth, and hell. When I was writing this song, ‘That Life,’ I was imaging the same kind of ‘Where’s Waldo’ (or ‘Where’s Wally’ as we call it in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK) of contrasting scenes and multiple characters all engaged in that same perverse mixture of luxury, reverie, damnation, in the landscape of America. Somewhere on holiday under a vengeful sun.”
Watch “That Life” above and stay tuned for more from Unknown Mortal Orchestra coming soon.
