Mordechai by Khruangbin

Mordechai, Khruangbin's third album, came out on June 26, 2020, through Dead Oceans and Night Time Stories, produced by the Houston trio with Steve Christensen. Laura Lee Ochoa on bass, Mark Speer on guitar and Donald "DJ" Johnson on drums have always played like a band with a passport full of stamps, pulling Thai rock, Iranian pop and dub into conversation with American soul and psychedelia, and here that sun-warped groove comes with sharper words.

Slant Magazine heard it as the record where they stop sounding like careful students of faraway scenes and start sounding like themselves, crediting their growth as lyricists, and Exclaim! took it as both a victory lap and a glance down the road. It scored 79 on Metacritic from 16 reviews. "Time (You and I)" keeps the floor moving with bright, rubbery funk. Four years on, they were up for the Grammy for Best New Artist.

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