
Dead Oceans
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Moon (Black Vinyl)
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Khruangbin
and
Leon
Bridges
announce
their
latest
collaborative
EP,
‘Texas
Moon’,
out
on
Dead
Oceans.
An
extension
of
the
two’s
chart-topping
four-song
‘Texas
Sun’
journey,
‘Texas
Moon’
is
an
introspective
stroll
through
the
dark.
“Without
joy,
there
can
be
no
real
perspective
on
sorrow,”
say
Khruangbin.
“Without
sunlight,
all
this
rain
keeps
things
from
growing.
How
can
you
have
the
sun
without
the
moon?”
Crediting
their
mutual
home
state
for
inspiration,
‘Texas
Moon’
pensively
examines
Texas’
musical
perception,
while
paying
homage
to
the
marriage
of
country
and
R&B
that’s
become
synonymous
with
the
lone
star
state.
Propelled
by
rolling
guitar
licks,
conga
and
bongo,
lead
single
‘B-Side’
meditates
on
meeting
in
a
dream
and
frolics
across
the
nearing
contemplative
night-time
state
with
its
longing
joy.
Elsewhere
on
‘Texas
Moon’,
the
artists
channel
a
newly
intimate
musical
scope
that’s
illustrated
most
dramatically
when
the
spacy
sensuality
of
the
minimalistic
‘Chocolate
Hills’
leads
into
the
stark
spirituality
addressed
on
‘Father
Father’,
a
reminder
of
both
acts’
gospel
roots.
Over
a
simple
rolling
guitar
figure,
Bridges
pleads
with
the
heavens
-
“Look
at
the
mess
that
I
made
/
Just
a
man
with
unclean
hands”
-
only
to
be
reminded
of
God’s
eternal
love.
For
Khruangbin,
one
song
in
particular
was
indicative
of
the
trust
that
Bridges
put
in
them.
“The
song
‘Doris’
is
about
his
grandmother
making
the
transition
from
this
world
to
the
next
realm,”
says
Khruangbin’s
Donald
Ray
‘DJ’
Johnson
Jr.
“It’s
a
very
somber,
very
deep
record.
And
when
someone
places
that
kind
of
work
into
your
hands,
the
last
thing
you
want
to
do
is
junk
it
up,
overproduce
it,
or
do
too
much.
We
treated
it
with
the
respect
it
deserved,
and
treated
Doris
with
the
respect
she
deserves.”
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