{"product_id":"khruangbin-mordechai-1xcd","title":"Khruangbin - Mordechai - 1xCD","description":"Khruangbin has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elike East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican dub into mellifluous\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eharmony. But on its third album, it’s finally speaking out loud. Mordechai\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efeatures vocals prominently on nearly every song, a first for the mostly\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einstrumental band. It’s a shift that rewards the risk, reorienting Khruangbin’s\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etransportive sound toward a new sense of emotional directness, without losing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe spirit of nomadic wandering that’s always defined it. And it all started with\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethem coming home.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy the summer of 2019, the Houston group—bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, guitarist\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Speer, drummer DJ Johnson—had been on tour for nearly three-and-ahalf\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eyears, playing to audiences across North and South America, Europe, and\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esoutheast Asia behind its acclaimed albums The Universe Smiles Upon You and\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCon Todo El Mundo. They returned to their farmhouse studio in Burton, Texas,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eready to begin work on their third album. But they were also determined to\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eslow down, to take their time and luxuriate in building something together.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusically, the band’s ever-restless ear saw it pulling reference points from\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePakistan, Korea, and West Africa, incorporating strains of Indian chanting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eboxes and Congolese syncopated guitar. But more than anything, the album\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebecame a celebration of Houston, the eclectic city that had nurtured them,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand a cultural nexus where you can check out country and zydeco, trap rap, or\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eavant-garde opera on any given night.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn those years away from home, Khruangbin’s members often felt like they were\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eswimming underwater, unsure of where they were going, or why they were\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egoing there. But Mordechai leads them gently back to the surface, allowing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethem to take a breath, look around, and find itself again. It is a snapshot taken\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ealong a larger journey—a moment all the more beautiful for its impermanence.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd it’s a memory to revisit again and again, speaking to us now more clearly\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethan ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e1. First Class\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Time (You and I)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Connaissais de Face\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Father Bird, Mother Bird\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. If There is No Question\u003cbr\u003e6. Pelota\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. One to Remember\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Dearest Alfred\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. So We Won’t Forget\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Shida\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Secretly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67964682403930,"sku":"sak1793791316451","price":12.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/0225\/2378\/files\/khruangbin---mordechai---1xcd_1.jpg?v=1793791323","url":"https:\/\/softdrapefit.shop\/products\/khruangbin-mordechai-1xcd","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}