Multi-Love

by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Multi-Love cover art

On 'Multi-Love', frontman Ruban Nielson expands the band's psychedelic roots with dense layers of synthesizers, funk, and R&B, creating a more polished and futuristic soundscape. The songwriting, almost entirely self-produced and engineered by Nielson, directly chronicles his experience in a polyamorous relationship, candidly exploring the associated euphoria and eventual emotional exhaustion. This fusion of a uniquely personal, existential theme with a sophisticated, genre-blending production secured the album's status as a critical and commercial breakthrough for the project.

Genres

  • Psychedelic Pop
  • Neo-Psychedelia
  • Bedroom Pop

Tracklist

  1. Multi-Love
  2. Like Acid Rain
  3. Ur Life One Night
  4. Canโ€™t Keep Checking My Phone
  5. Extreme Wealth and Casual Cruelty
  6. The World Is Crowded
  7. Stage or Screen
  8. Necessary Evil
  9. Puzzles