Audio | Unknown Mortal Orchestra Shares New Single
By Andy Kahn Apr 20, 2015 • 8:38 pm PDT
Unknown Mortal Orchestra will release their third studio album, Multi-Love, on May 26 via Jagjaguwar. Previously the band shared a video for the title track as the first single from the follow-up to 2013’s II. Today over at Vulture the band shared another song from the album, “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone” which you can stream below.
Jagjaguwar posted this statement from frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson regard the second single:
“Cant Keep Checking My Phone” is about missing somebody and that point where you refuse to accept online “connectivity” as a substitute for being with someone IRL. When someone you love turns into text and ideas delivered through a device, at some point they’re competing with real things like the aurora borealis, which is another thing that only really makes sense in the flesh. I also read somewhere that the universe might be holographic, and in that case maybe the distance between us is just an illusion. So do you fall in love with the idea of someone? Or the chemicals they give off in person? Either way, I’ve got to get off my phone.
Nielson shared the lyrics to “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone” via the band’s Instagram account.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Tour
5/7 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
5/9 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
5/10 – Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
5/20 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
5/21 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
5/22 – Coventry, UK @ Warwick University
5/23 – Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Sound City
5/25 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
5/26 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain Kantine
5/27 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club
5/28 – Paris, FR @ La Flèche d’Or
5/29-31 – Nîmes, FR @ This is Not a Love Song Festival
5/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
6/2 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
6/3 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
6/4 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
6/5 – Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
6/6 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
6/8 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
6/9 – Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
6/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
6/11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
6/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
6/14 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
6/15 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
6/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
6/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
6/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
7/16-19 – Southwold, United Kingdom @ Latitude Festival
7/23 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
7/28 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
7/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
7/31 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
8/1 – Santa Fe, NM @ Skylight
8/2 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
8/3 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
8/5 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
8/6 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
8/7-9 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
9/20 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg Pandora
9/22 – Brighton, United Kingdom @ Concorde 2
9/23 – London, United Kingdom @ Shepherds Bush Empire
9/24 – Birmingham, United Kingdom @ Library at The Institute
9/25 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ The Ritz
9/26 – Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan’s
9/28 – Nottingham, United Kingdom @ Rescue Rooms
9/29 – Leeds, United Kingdom @ Brudenell
9/30 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Queen Margaret Union
Jagjaguwar posted this statement from frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson regard the second single:
“Cant Keep Checking My Phone” is about missing somebody and that point where you refuse to accept online “connectivity” as a substitute for being with someone IRL. When someone you love turns into text and ideas delivered through a device, at some point they’re competing with real things like the aurora borealis, which is another thing that only really makes sense in the flesh. I also read somewhere that the universe might be holographic, and in that case maybe the distance between us is just an illusion. So do you fall in love with the idea of someone? Or the chemicals they give off in person? Either way, I’ve got to get off my phone.
Nielson shared the lyrics to “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone” via the band’s Instagram account.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Tour
5/7 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
5/9 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
5/10 – Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
5/20 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
5/21 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
5/22 – Coventry, UK @ Warwick University
5/23 – Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Sound City
5/25 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
5/26 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain Kantine
5/27 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club
5/28 – Paris, FR @ La Flèche d’Or
5/29-31 – Nîmes, FR @ This is Not a Love Song Festival
5/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
6/2 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
6/3 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
6/4 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
6/5 – Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
6/6 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
6/8 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
6/9 – Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
6/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
6/11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
6/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
6/14 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
6/15 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
6/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
6/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
6/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
7/16-19 – Southwold, United Kingdom @ Latitude Festival
7/23 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
7/28 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
7/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
7/31 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
8/1 – Santa Fe, NM @ Skylight
8/2 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
8/3 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
8/5 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
8/6 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
8/7-9 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
9/20 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg Pandora
9/22 – Brighton, United Kingdom @ Concorde 2
9/23 – London, United Kingdom @ Shepherds Bush Empire
9/24 – Birmingham, United Kingdom @ Library at The Institute
9/25 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ The Ritz
9/26 – Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan’s
9/28 – Nottingham, United Kingdom @ Rescue Rooms
9/29 – Leeds, United Kingdom @ Brudenell
9/30 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Queen Margaret Union
