Khruangbin (the name is Thai for ‘airplane’, or more literally ‘engine fly’) plays an instrumental style heavily influenced by Thai Pop – making them an original Western interpretation of an original Eastern style heavily influenced by a collection of Western styles which were themselves derived from other even older Western styles (got all that?). With this in mind it maybe makes a lot of sense that they often perform in costume.
These recordings came out really well so we’re going to upload a few more than usual. Dig these:
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