
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson Channels Sister’s Death Into His Darkest Music Yet
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson doesn’t make eye contact as he holds his phone up to his face with both hands. He is at his Palm Springs home, where he lives when he’s not in Portland, Oregon, his residence since the mid-2000s after moving to the city from his native New Zealand. His setting is…