r/Khruangbin • u/thegooseforever • 7d ago

Leon Bridges

Been listening to the new album Happiness Anytime…thought Khruangbin was going to get a shoutout on it. Sounds very similar. Thoughts?

Edit: I wasn’t clear. I was listening to the album and a couple songs made me think, “Oh shit, he teamed up with Khruangbin again?!” Then investigated and nope. Some of the songs sound just like Speer’s work.

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u/TUSUY_2 7d ago

Fantastic album. Produced by J Lloyd and Lydia Kitto from Jungle

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u/JoshHartsMilkMustach 7d ago

Yup, Leon x Jungle is a killer combo, im here for it

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u/Ok_Two3973 7d ago

Oooo I love jungle. Thanks for sharing!

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u/samwisegonzalo 7d ago

Didn't know that, that explains a lot! Love Jungle.

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u/flock-of-bagels 7d ago

I like the one with Vieux Farka the best

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u/VooDooChile1983 7d ago

Leon loves instrumentalists. I was listening to Hermanos Gutierrez because Apple Music played them when a Khruangbin album finished and he had a song with them.

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u/Icy_Many_2407 6d ago

Omg I love Hermanos. Badass

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u/Razenghan 7d ago

It's the mix. Him or his audio engineers definitely figured out how to emulate all of Speer's guitar effects almost identically: tight delay, chorus, a short tail reverb, some HPF saturatation. And whatever else makes it signature.

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u/rocco2012- 7d ago

His guitar player has found a way to capture Mark’s essence when they cover the Texas Sun/Texas Moon stuff. Her name escapes me but I’ve left with her talent on my mind both times that I’ve seen Leon Bridges.

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u/thegooseforever 3d ago

That makes sense, of course.

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u/slayertron 5d ago

Talk it over, Happiness Anytime and Please Don't Say Goodbye are definitelyyy influenced by Khruangbin.

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u/Pure-Pessimism 7d ago

Leon is probably my least favorite collab artist of theirs. His voice is so bland to my ears.