Khruangbin Preview First Studio Album in Four Years, ‘A La Sala,’ with “A Love International”

Photo Credit: David Beck

Today, Jan. 16, Khruangbin announced its first new studio album in four years. Dubbed A La Sala, or “to the room” in Spanish, the impending project is due on April 5 via Dead Oceans in partnership with Night Time Stories Ltd., and has been previewed with the first listen of music to originate off the set, featuring lead single “A Love International.” 

A La Sala disregards pop assumptions in place of self-driven inspiration. The set’s visions inspire listeners to focus on the notion of self in the outside world and how humanity models experience across 12 tracks. “Three From Two” and “May Ninth” are included and represent mid-tempo numbers with guitar melodies, cultivating a down-home, nostalgic feel.

Other songs increasingly see the band enter an ambient space, with beatless “Farolim de Felgueiras” and “Caja de la Sala” featuring Marko’s guitar duet with Laura Lee’s Moog. Closing out the forthcoming album is “Les Petits Gris,” which includes piano, a simple single-note bass pattern, and a plaintive spare guitar meant to mimic a music box. 

The project will be offered in seven different covers that will adorn various vinyl editions of A La Sala. The covers were inspired by Marko’s travelog photos, inspired by the surrealism of Belgian artist René Magritte, in order to capture the intention of the LP: looking out and looking back in order to better look ahead.

Pre-order A La Sala now. Listen/ watch “A Love International” below.

A LA SALA TRACKLIST:

1. Fifteen Fifty-Three
2. May Ninth
3. Ada Jean
4. Farolim de Felgueiras
5. Pon Pón 
6. Todavía Viva
7. Juegos y Nubes
8. Hold Me Up (Thank You)
9. Caja de la Sala
10. Three From Two
11. A Love International
12. Les Petits Gris