Khruangbin’s Laura Lee Takes Us Under the Wig

“Here, let me just send you a link.” That’s what I usually do when I try, and fail, to describe the band Khruangbin to someone who has not yet heard them. The band’s name is pronounced “crung-bin,” the Thai word for airplane, and the Houston-founded trio’s music certainly evokes a mile-high exoticism. Any given track can mix R&B, reggae, surf rock, Middle Eastern melodies, Persian phrasing, Latin rhythms, ’90s hip-hop, West African instrumentation, ethereal harmonies, psychedelic effects, and rump-shaking disco. It’s a whole thing. Here, let me just send you a link. Khruangbin’s three studio albums (2015’s The Universe Smiles… Read Full Article