Unknown Mortal Orchestra<\/a> have shared their first new music for the yr, a single titled \u2018I Killed Captain Cook\u2019 that arrives alongside a video starring frontman Ruban Nielson\u2019s mom.<\/p>\nThe acoustic ballad is informed from the attitude of the Hawaiian who killed British explorer and coloniser Captain James Cook, after he tried to kidnap and ransom Hawaiian chief Kalani\u02bb\u014dpu\u02bbu in 1779. According to a press launch, Nielson\u2019s mom would inform him the story as a baby with satisfaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wrote this song for my mother, who is a legendary hula dancer and native Hawaiian,\u201d Nielson wrote on social media when sharing the tune. \u201cI made the video with my super 8 camera; my mum, my daughter, and I went to the beach at Keaukaha in Hilo, Hawaii, where mum interpreted the song in her language of hula. After some light warm rain, I ran my camera and captured this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n