Khruangbin

Khruangbin’s third album is “as much an invitation as a record,” said Andrew Dansby in the Houston Chronicle. “The point of a Khruangbin album is transport,” and if you give this one 45 minutes of focused listening, it will envelop you in a “fluid, hypnotic” groove. The Houston-based trio “has made beguiling music for a decade now,” most of it just drums, guitar, and bass playing off one another on instrumentals that blend surf-rock, psychedelia, dub, and funk—as well as sounds from Spain, the Middle East, West Africa, and Thailand. Here, nearly every track also includes chantlike vocals from bassist Laura Lee Ochoa that “drift past like smoke signals.” You may have heard Khruangbin’s previous albums playing at various hip boutiques and eateries, said Paul Simpson in AllMusic .com, and these 10 tracks can still work as a “sun-baked soundtrack to daily activities.” But Khruangbin’s songs “have gotten more expressive and soul-searching, and Mordechai rewards closer listening more than any of the band’s previous recordings.”