PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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San Francisco
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Posted on Aug 01 2018 06:27 PM
Khruangbin-- I've been listening to this band's live shows on youtube for the last few days. They are tagged as "Thai funk/surf trio" but I don't hear the surf at all. Just lots of really clean Strat jamming, occasionally with effects. Some vocals, mostly just background parts. If you like the Mermen, give this group a try.
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TheFintastics
Joined: Jul 28, 2008
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Wichita Falls, Texas
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Posted on Aug 01 2018 07:15 PM
I discovered this band a while back on a different SG101 thread. They are very, very good. Totally different in instrumental texture. (I love mowing my lawn with their songs in my headphones).
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5097
San Francisco
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Posted on Aug 01 2018 07:21 PM
Whoops, I shoulda done a thread search.
PolloGuitar wrote:
Khruangbin-- I've been listening to this band's live shows on youtube for the last few days. They are tagged as "Thai funk/surf trio" but I don't hear the surf at all. Just lots of really clean Strat jamming, occasionally with effects. Some vocals, mostly just background parts. If you like the Mermen, give this group a try.
— Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp
Buy Spin the Bottle @ Bandcamp
My Blog- Euro Tour Blog
Pool Boys on Spotify
INSTAGRAM
Frankie & The Pool Boys on FB
Pollo Del Mar on FB
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio
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Tailrocker
Joined: May 09, 2018
Posts: 63
Tacoma, WA
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Posted on Aug 02 2018 08:02 AM
I like the Mermen and I like them. Went to a show to see the opening band and ended up digging them too.
The opening band was The Mattson 2. If you like the above you will like them.
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bamboozer
Joined: Jan 18, 2010
Posts: 672
Delaware
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Posted on Aug 02 2018 10:33 AM
Watched a few vids, still don't get it, perhaps because sound quality was not all that.
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Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on Aug 02 2018 02:01 PM
The last time I talked to Eddie Angel this was the one recent instrumental band he made a point of mentioning. I don't really hear the surf thing much either, but they are very atmospheric and cool. I will revisit them now.
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Fady
Joined: Mar 07, 2010
Posts: 2266
North Carolina
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Posted on Aug 03 2018 07:42 AM
Love it when seemingly unrelated worlds collide!
6-8 weeks ago now amid a fit of insomnia, I found and started listening to the Crimetown Podcast "The RFK Tapes". They use 'Maria Tambíen' as the intro music and thankfully the end-credits call them out so it was easy to find. Infectious, exotic, trance-like jam. Can't get enough! (First tune in the tiny desk concert vid below)
The middle-eastern slash Indian lines in that tune made me think of them as a modern evolution on Omar Khorshid, which I know gets some love around here too.
Looks like they are globe trottin' right now too with imminent dates in Europe and all parts of the US this summer & fall. I'm aiming to catch them in Raleigh Dec 11th. Woot! Woot!
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Tailrocker
Joined: May 09, 2018
Posts: 63
Tacoma, WA
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Posted on Aug 03 2018 07:56 AM
They are great live. Just get there early so you don't get crowded out by all the younger folk. 
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EdRadakovitz
Joined: Mar 14, 2016
Posts: 43
Lockport, IL
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Posted on Dec 11 2018 12:54 PM
Glad they are getting some love here. Love this band and their vibe...
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OaklandA
Joined: Nov 01, 2017
Posts: 83
Arizona
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Posted on Dec 12 2018 02:16 PM
Saw them on Tiny Desk and have been a big fan ever since. Nice to hear a band that is really different yet kind of familiar at the same time.
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Fady
Joined: Mar 07, 2010
Posts: 2266
North Carolina
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Posted on Jan 12 2019 10:21 AM
Cool conversation on the bands take on their influences and whatnot. Enjoy!
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cosmonaut
Joined: Apr 02, 2019
Posts: 339
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Posted on Apr 02 2019 01:58 PM
just found them recently, Been using some of their stuff for house music before concerts. not much surf to be found, but some interesting melodies.
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Surfing_Sam_61
Joined: Jan 15, 2019
Posts: 1515
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Posted on Apr 02 2019 02:10 PM
Texas Gold ...yeah their good - The whole band
I never heard of them till a few weeks ago I posted a video somewhere on this site after finding it by mistake looking for surf band s etc....they have lot of good songs, the live stuff sounds studio as well, very hard to do. I looked at their site as well interesting group.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2735
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Jul 22 2021 06:00 PM
I feel like this thread deserves a resurrection. They're getting more and more fans all the time, and in an age where it seemed like guitars were losing popularity, they're growing a huge fanbase as a largely instrumental guitar-focused group. While they may be surf adjacent at best, I think they're making a lot of space for similar groups, and I've heard a bunch of great copycat bands. I really think that they're emerging as sort of unlikely heroes for us... and at the very least most surf fans I've met like their music.
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SilverFlash
Joined: Jul 14, 2015
Posts: 478
Near Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Jul 22 2021 06:42 PM
Hi Hunter, I absolutely agree, listening to Khruangbin is time well spent. I have added them to my surf-mix play list and I don't feel guilty at all.
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