IC-01 Hanoi is an instrumental album by New Zealand band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, released on 26 October 2018 through Jagjaguwar. It is the group's second album of 2018 after Sex & Food, released in April, and their first instrumental album. The album was recorded entirely in the city of Hanoi, Vietnam, and originated from sessions for Sex & Food, with frontman Ruban Nielson's father, Chris Nielson, also contributing instrumentation to the record. The first single, the nearly 10-minute ambient and freeform "Hanoi 6", was released on 25 September 2018. The album was promoted by a series of shows across Europe and the UK, as well as Asia and several in Mexico. Music The album has been described as a "sonic distillation of the band's influences in Jazz, Krautrock and the avant garde", as well as experimental jazz. It was influenced by the works of Miles Davis. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, IC-01 Hanoi received an average score of 66, based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Andy Beta felt that "Ruban Nielson throws off his habitually weighty themes and digs into a refreshingly raw, heady session of psychedelic rock", also saying that the album "presents a visceral, smoky, casual session that cooks together fairly tumultuous moods over the course of its concise runtime". Track listing Personnel Unknown Mortal Orchestra Ruban Nielson Kody Nielson Jacob Portrait Additional musicians Minh Nguyen – sáo trúc Chris Nielson – flugelhorn, keyboards, saxophone References 2018 albums Instrumental albums Jagjaguwar albums Unknown Mortal Orchestra albums