Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s Ruban Nielson has said Daft Punk‘s commercial blockbuster ‘Random Access Memories‘ has been one of his chief inspirations as he works on the follow-up to 2013’s essential ‘II‘.
“I think the songwriting is pretty similar, but the sound is still fuzzy, it just doesn’t sound like there’s a blanket over it,” he said when in conversation with DIY.
“With the last one, I wanted it to sound like it was old worn out vinyl, but in a way, with this one I was encouraged by ‘Random Access Memories’, and Daft Punk’s idea of making an old school but hi-fi sounding album, which sounded all sparkly and nice, but still connected to the way that old records used to sound. This was a bit of me doing my own version of that.”
Another stretched out instrumental trip has been released by the band this week via Soundcloud (below), though how much resemblance it will bear to the album remains to be seen.