One Liner: Funky instrumental goodness
Wikipedia Genre: None listed, I'll go with funk and soul and World.Home: Houston
Poster Position: 11
Day: Sunday at 4:00
Weekend One Only.
One of these tunes is familiar, I think KUTX must have been playing it recently or something. It isn't the top track, but its still the one I want to present to you first, because it is flipping tight. I need Killer Mike to lay a track down over the top of it yesterday. This is "Maria Tambien," with just over 3 million streams.
The name though, I don't even understand how to say it. Wikipedia says the following: "When asked to play their first gig, [bassist] Laura Lee, who was learning to speak Thai at the time, decided they should name themselves after her favorite word, "khruangbin," which means "engine fly" or "airplane" in Thai. Speer admits that, had they had the foresight to predict the band's success, they may not have chosen a name that was so difficult to pronounce. Though the band's name is notoriously challenging to say, it symbolizes the international set of influences that shaped the band's formation." This video (with a very annoying screaming woman in it) shows how to pronounce it.
Two albums, 2015's The Universe Smiles Upon You and 2018's Con Todo El Mundo. I like the newer album quite a bit more - the old one has more of a psych/surf vibe, where the 2018 album feels more solid and more funky. The "Maria Tambien" song up above is from the new album, but their most popular track is from that older album, this is "White Gloves" with 8.8 million streams.
Also, how fucking cool do these cats look in this video.
Also, the fact that the bassist and guitarist share a hairstyle is kind of messed up. On her, looks great, especially when she breathes into the mike. On him, scary Moorish molester man.
The fact that it is Weekend One only is a freaking travesty on a very high level. Hopefully they are playing the same day as Greta Van Fleet and I can catch them with a single day pass.
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