KHRUANGBIN / MORDECHAI CD jazz the serpentine vocals of Gina

the serpentine vocals of Gina Mitchell and the magic hands of mixer Louis Mitchell on "On Release

and the anarchy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

now or ever

Though her family lost almost everything in the genocide

KHRUANGBIN / MORDECHAI CD jazz the serpentine vocals of GinaKhruangbin has always been multilingual, weaving far flung musical languages like East Asian surf rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican dub into mellifluous harmony. But on its third album, its finally speaking out loud. Mordechai features vocals prominently on nearly every song, a first for the mostly instrumental band. Its a shift that rewards the risk, reorienting Khruangbins transportive sound toward a new sense of emotional directness, without losing