78. Orono Discusses The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

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Superorganism's lead vocalist and artist Orono joins Al and picks this week's album, which is Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?  by The Unicorns. Orono explains why she chose this album and what makes it one of her favorites. She also delves into the process Superorganism used to record their new album, World Wide Pop, and the videos they released along with it, and she also talks about her friendship with "cool dad" Stephen Malkmus.

Superorganisim YouTube channel (featuring videos discussed on this episode): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWISefDYGwbspN9w6kyLSw

Superorganisim's website (with tour dates!): https://www.wearesuperorganism.com/

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oronooooo). Just make sure you type the right number of "o"s depending on the platform.

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1:12 Orono joins the show

2:05 Orono explains how Superorganism wound up appearing on Legion

4:29 Orono’s friend suggested that she choose Who Will Cut Our Hair

6:20 Al tells Orono what his impression of the album is

9:26 Orono loved The Unicorns right at her first listen

12:22 Orono talks about the similarities between The Unicorns and Superorganism

15:54 Orono doesn’t have a favorite track

Observations about specific tracks

17:18 I Don’t Wanna Die

20:10 Child Star

25:00 Emasculate the Masculine

27:05 Is this a pop album?

30:18 Inoculate the Innocuous

31:34 Jellybones

32:11 Tuff Luff/Sea Ghost

34:59 Tuff Ghost

36:59 Les Os

39:42 Let’s Get Known

41:36 Orono wishes The Unicorns had stayed together longer

43:28 Orono explains how she got to be friends with Stephen Malkmus

47:13 Orono outlines Superorganism’s process for writing songs for World Wide Pop

50:50 Is Orono an Arizona Diamondbacks fan?

52:27 Orono talks about how Superorganism’s videos get made

54:52 Orono discusses her other current projects

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