KHRUANGBIN - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii WHITE LIES Gathering together 14 tracks from

Gathering together 14 tracks from across his Merge Records discography

With highlights including the unforgettable "Do It All Over Again"

Nicko McBrain

the brief was simple

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KHRUANGBIN - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii WHITE LIES Gathering together 14 tracks from2LP Standard Edition Black Vinyl. Khruangbin did not know if they were actually making an album. All they knew in the first frigid days of 2025, as they shivered in the Central Texas barn where theyve recorded almost all of their music, was that the 10th anniversary of their debut, The Universe Smiles Upon You, was steadily approaching. Months earlier, theyd bandied about ways to mark the occasion, debating orchestral arrangements or compendiums of