II is the sound of a 60's record collection left out in the sun, the bass bleeding, the guitars bending, the vocals blending into one another and in an out of the mix. It follows Unknown Mortal Orchestra's trajectory away from from pop, running deeper, dubbier, more inflected than ever before.
The warped sound isn't altogether out of line with Ruban Nielson's Mint Chicks background, but the spastic fun of that band has, by now, been thoroughly shed, replaced with the deeply woolen, stoned aesthetic that's so in these days. The textures are intricate and explorable, but I can't help but feel like these songs would be more fun if they would just sober up and be themselves instead of stumbling their way through my earphones 3/5
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