Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of Texas

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Leon Bridges is the soul singer hailing from Fort Worth, Texas, who burst onto the music scene in 2015 with the album Coming Home. Since then he’s established himself as an adventurous musician whose latest album Gold Diggers Sound combines retro sounds with contemporary production. Khruangbin is the Houston-based power trio——Mark Speer on guitar, Laura Lee on bass, and DJ Johnson on drums—who also debuted in 2015 with the album The Universe Smiles Upon You, which introduced their unique brand of funky, dreamy, psychedelia. In 2020, Bridges and Khruangbin teamed up to release the EP Texas Sun, whose title track managed to channel both spaghetti western soundtracks and classic soul at the same time. Now, the quartet is back with another collaborative EP, Texas Moon, which continues the musical palette of their first release while inverting its lyrical themes. We spoke with Leon Bridges and Khruangbin about their new EP, the Texas songs that connect them to their home state, and why they chose to go lunar for their latest project. Songs Discussed Leon Bridges and Khruangbin - Texas Sun, B Side, Chocolate Hills Mel Waiters - Got My Whiskey Townes Van Zandt - Columbine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.6	Welcome to Switched On Pop.
0:49.4	I'm a musicologist, Nate Sloan.
0:52.4	Leon Bridges is the sole singer hailing from Fort Worth, Texas,
0:56.0	to bursts onto the music scene in 2015 with single coming home.
1:15.4	Since then, he's established himself as an adventurous musician
1:18.7	whose latest album, Gold Digger Sound,
1:21.3	combines retro textures with contemporary production.
1:40.4	Cronkben is a trio out of Houston, Texas,
1:43.1	made up of Mark Speer on guitar, Laura Lee on bass and DJ Johnson on drums.
1:49.2	They also debuted in 2015 with the album The Universe Smiles Upon You,
1:55.8	which introduced their unique brand of funky dreamy psychedelia.
2:00.6	In 2020, Bridges and Cronkben teamed up to release the EP Texas Sun,
2:25.8	whose title track channeled spaghetti westerns and classic soul at the same time.
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