KHRUANGBIN / MORDECHAI CD jazz Cale had been out of

Cale had been out of The Velvet Underground for less than two years

the songs of Lucho Bermudez and his wife and starlet singer Matilde Diaz represent the sound of their nation

Kyp Malone (modular synthesizer)

electro-tinged pop breakthrough with a timeless grace that made most year-end 'Best of' lists and won Canada's prestigious Polaris Music Prize

never quite going where you'd expect and always landing somewhere you want to be

KHRUANGBIN / MORDECHAI CD jazz Cale had been out ofKhruangbin 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