UMAMI

Since 2010 UMAMI has forged their sound through an approach equal parts reckless abandon and calculated design. Drawing inspiration from electronic dance music and psychedelic rock, their sound is strange but familiar.

On Ephemeral, the Minneapolis-based psych-synth collective UMAMI mines personal experience to deliver a sprawling and wholly complicated take on lost promise and the metaphorical last night. A mere three minutes after a raucous opening song, ‘Bangles’ brings the party to an airy hungover state with the line, “We’re feeling guilty in our hearts and our minds, for growing old and leaving nothing behind.” Ephemeral is the sonic reduction of waking up and attempting to shake off vague recollections of too many lost weekends to count.