Today's pop music vocals reign supreme. The charts are dominated by singers and rappers. But there's an increasingly popular genre focused more on instrumental music. William Brigham recentlyy sound are one of the most unlikely musical sensations.

Guitarist Mark Spear, bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, and drummer Donald D.J. Johnson are the band

known as Krungven.

Even though their shows sell out globally, like they did here in Vermont this summer, even

they can't quite put a label on this moody genre they've carved out.

People still ask me, like, hey, so you're in a man, what genre do you play?

I don't know.

Whatever it's called, it has taken Krungben to great heights.

Come on row with me, to the sun goes down.

They've had hit collaborations with fellow Texan Leon Bridges,

Texas Sun, and another with Sir Paul McCartney.

Those trademark black wigs that Mark and Laura wear, they were initially put on as a lark before their first ever show, but they now offer an easy mask of anonymity.

Their records have earned them critical acclaim for their undefinable brew of rock, funk, and psychedelia.

But even 15 years on, the band members say the process of crafting that sound is still evolving.

Earlier in our career, yes, we had a very specific way of making songs, but I feel like that's shifted

over the years. And I couldn't tell you exactly how we do it anymore because every time we go

into it, it's different. Yeah, they're just like puzzle pieces. Almost like arranging furniture

in a room. You don't know where anything's going to go and then you find one thing that works

and you're like, this is where this table is going go. And then you paint, and it's like, oh, crap, now we have to rethink it. I mean, we have a saying the song will tell you what it wants. Yes, and that's absolutely true, but it almost takes a minute for the song to be like, put this drink down, like, oh, no, yeah.

Do you really think, I know we're talking metaphorically here, but do you really think of it as another organic entity that you guys are interacting with?

The song?

Yeah.

...