Khruangbin
A La Sala LP vinyl

Khruangbin’s fourth studio album, A La Sala (“To the Room” in Spanish), is an exercise in returning in order to go further, and doing so on your own terms. It continues the mystery and sanctity that is the key to how bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson, Jr. and guitarist Mark “Marko” Speer approach music. It’s a gorgeously airy record completed only in the company of the group’s longtime engineer Steve Christensen, with minimal overdubs. It’s a window onto the bounties powering Khruangbin’s vision, a reimagining and refuelling for the long haul ahead. A La Sala scales Khruangbin down to scale up, a creative strategy with the future in mind.

The trio’s collective musical DNA, the years spent constructing it in Houston’s local-meets-global cultural stew, ensures the band continues to sound like no one but itself. A cascade of crisp melodies emanates from Marko’s reverb-heavy electric, dancing gently around Laura Lee’s minimalist almost-dub bass triangles, while DJ’s drums serve as the tightened-up pocket and unwavering dance-floor on which all this movement takes place. 

NEW / Released in 2024

Tracklist:

A1 Fifteen Fifty-three

A2 May Ninth

A3 Ada Jean

A4 Farolim De Felgueiras

A5 Pon Pón

A6 Todavía Viva

B1 Juegos Y Nubes

B2 Hold Me Up (Thank You)

B3 Caja De La Sala

B4 Three From Two

B5 A Love International

B6 Les Petits Gris