Ruban Nielson Photo: supplied
‘I killed Captain Cook’ is the name of a single off Portland-based New Zealand psychedelic rock group Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s album V which is released later this month.
Frontman Ruban Nielson’s Hawaiian heritage has been a key inspiration, and the song’s video features footage of his mother, Deedee Aipolani Nielson, Miss Aloha Hula 1973.
Nielson and his brother Kody’s band The Mintchicks gained widespread acclaim in Aotearoa in the 2000s, before Ruban shifted to Portland and formed his now internationally celebrated band. These days Kody is back in the band, with V recorded amidst the pandemic between Portland, Hawaii and Palm Springs.
