Un-American Activities is the tenth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson, released on 7 July 2024.
Production The album was produced in Villa Aurora, the former home of Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Maria, as part of an artist residency that ran from January to March 2024. It is Nilsson's first album where the cover artwork is not in black and white.
Themes The album has been described as Nilsson's "most nakedly political record yet", with one writer stating that the album is "to be understood as a communist manifesto". Quotation translated from the original German.
Critical reception
In a positive review for The Washington Post, Chris Richards named Un-American Activities as "[the] most underrated pop album" of the summer of 2024. The album's song "The Communist Party" was ranked 44th on The Fader's list of the 50 best songs of 2024.
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