Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Pitchfork 8.1/10 On its promising debut full-length, this Portland outfit mixes catchy psych-pop with a surprising and convincing undercurrent of funk.

A.V. Club F Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson is the latest in a long line of musical scavengers, racing to translate the sounds in his head by pulling from what’s already there. On the debut by Nielson’s erstwhile one-man band, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, that process involves building something new from reenacted hip-hop…