Khruangbin - Universe Smiles Upon You

Khruangbin - Universe Smiles Upon You

$60.00 AUD

LP • 180g Black Vinyl • Reissue

Three musicians from Texas, a crate of old Thai funk cassettes, and a barn to record in. Khruangbin's debut is all space and patience, Mark Speer's guitar curling around Laura Lee's basslines while the drums stay barely above a whisper. It goes down easy and rewards close listening in equal measure. Few records this mellow have this much pull.

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Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

The Universe Smiles Upon You is the 2015 debut album by Khruangbin, the Houston trio of Mark Speer, Laura Lee Ochoa and Donald "DJ" Johnson. Steeped in the 1960s and '70s Thai funk and soul the band pored over on old cassettes, its largely instrumental grooves drift between psychedelia, surf, dub and soul, spacious, unhurried and quietly hypnotic. Recorded in a rural east-Texas barn, it introduced one of the most distinctive sounds in modern instrumental music.

This reissue is pressed on 180-gram vinyl via Night Time Stories, with a hidden track tucked in after the locked groove.

Tracklist.

Side A:

  1. Mr. White
  2. Two Fish And An Elephant
  3. Dern Kala
  4. Little Joe And Mary
  5. White Gloves

Side B:

  1. People Everywhere (Still Alive)
  2. The Man Who Took My Sunglasses
  3. August Twelve
  4. Balls And Pins
  5. Zionsville
  6. Bin Bin X (hidden track after the locked groove)
Pressing details.
Format
1LP
Sleeve

Standard sleeve

Vinyl colour

Black

Label
Night Time Stories
Catalogue number
ALNLP40R
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Care and packaging.

All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.
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