Description
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. Its a gorgeously airy record completed only in the company of the groups longtime engineer Steve Christensen, with minimal overdubs. Its a window onto the bounties powering Khruangbins 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 trios collective musical DNA, the years spent constructing it in Houstons local-meets-global cultural stew, ensures the band continues to sound like no one but itself. A cascade of crisp melodies emanates from Markos reverb-heavy electric, dancing gently around Laura Lees minimalist almost-dub bass triangles, while DJs drums serve as the tightened-up pocket and unwavering dance-floor on which all this movement takes place.
Khruangbins aspirations and commitment to playful creativity even extends to A La Salas vinyl packages, of which there will be seven distinctive covers and colour-sets. Designed by the band using Markos multitude of travelogue photos, the images are windows from the bands living room onto a set of daydreams, scenes of impossible skies, external glances that illuminate what is going on inside.
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