The Universe Smiles Upon You II (EU Press) - Khruangbin (Vinyl) (BD)

This is a vinyl LP pressing of The Universe Smiles Upon You II by Khruangbin. 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 tenth anniversary of their debut album, the once-cult-classic, now genre-defining work The Universe Smiles Upon You. "If we could go back and tell ourselves how much was going to happen to us after that record, what would we want to celebrate?" asked Laura Lee, bassist, vocalist, and founding member of the band. Instead, they thought, "Let's do it again." 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 when TUSUY was first conceived ten years earlier. Though the conditions were the same—dirt floor, brutally cold, minimal sound isolation, and 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, at this stage of the band's life. The result moves like ripples on the water across ten hypnotizing tracks, with the barn creating a sense of spaciousness, serenity, and creative freedom, complete with nearby wildlife (listen out for the birds on "August Twelve II"), rattles, and creaks of the barn.

Label: Dead Oceans

Release Year: 2025

Track List:

1. Little Joe and Mary II
2. Balls and Pins II
3. White Gloves II
4. The Man Who Took My Sunglasses II
5. People Everywhere II
6. Bin Bin II
7. August Twelve II
8. Dern Kala II
9. Two Fish and An Elephant II
10. Zionsville II