Remember when the American trio Khruangbin had that collab with Leon Bridges to on that single, “Chocolate Hills?”
The song comes off an upcoming EP, Texas Moon, that came out in 2022. Together with “Chocolate Hills,” the band anticipated the upcoming album with another song, simply called “B-Side.”
Texas Moon
When Khruangbin announced the release of Texas Moon it featured cool graphics. In fact, on the band’s social profile’s, the cover of the then new record appeared.
The cover of the album recalls possibly the biggest and most famous project of the band, Texas Sun. Inspired by 70s hippie and psychedelic culture and 1890s-1910s Art Nouveau, both Texas Sun and Texas Moon reflects Khruangbin’s characteristic appearance.
Opposite in colours and space elements, the recurrent theme of a street running direct to the sun- now moon- is once again repeated. The psychedelic motives and colours are once again central in the graphics.
On that album the trio, comprises Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Ray “DJ” Johnson Jr. on drums will be joined by the long-term friend and colleague Leon Bridges. The singer already participated in the production of Texas Sun. His voice and charisma was part of the great ambience of the album. The artist’s presence emphasised the psychedelic theme that characterise the band.
Both “Chocolate Hills” and “B-Side” plus the cover of the new album create a connection between the two records. Therefore, it is possible to speculate that the Texas Moon will recall the music genres and sounds the band created in 2020.
The tour
Khruangbin is currently on tour! The next upcoming date is going to perform in Japan from July 24-26th for the Fuji Rock Festival. Then, the tour will continue on to South Korea to close out July at Incheon Pentaport Rock Fest. So far the band has only had one date in 2026 that was stateside this Spring. Hoping there are more dates to be announced for American venues!
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