A LA SALA by Khruangbin

Khruangbin's fourth album, A LA SALA, arrived on April 5, 2024, on Dead Oceans and Night Time Stories, and the title, meaning "to the living room", tells the story. Laura Lee used to holler it through the house as a kid to call her family together, and that's how the Houston trio wanted this one to feel: the three of them back at square one, with no outside guests at all for the first time. Mark Speer produced it with Steve Christensen.

So it's pared down and close, Lee's bass rolling low and slow, Donald "DJ" Johnson's drums feather-light and Speer's guitar drifting between Thai rock, dub and old soul. "A Love International" led the way as the first single, with a video by Scott Dungate, "Pon Pon" found its own small audience later, and the band took the whole thing on the road from Indio to New Orleans.

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