Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii (2LP-white vinyl)

December 5 street date. Khruangbin have re-recorded their beloved debut album, once a cult classic, now to be known as "TUSUY ii".The recording reinvents the familiar songs, bringing the band's masterful live show and a decade of touring the world to this genre-defining work. If you could go back in time ten years, what would you want to tell yourself? This was a question Khruangbin posed to themselves when approaching the ten-year anniversary of their debut album. "The Universe Smiles Upon You ii" was recorded on January 4-6, 2025, in the same family barn of guitarist Mark Speer, across the same dates where TUSUY was first conceived ten years earlier. Though the conditions were the same - dirt floor, brutally cold, minimal sound isolation, all takes live - the songs aren't. They're re-approached, some changed more than others, harnessing the lightning-in-a-bottle energy of "TUSUY" while discovering what would be unique this time around, in this stage of the band's life.