You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
Krungbin is a band from Houston, Texas, who first formed in 2010.
NME called them the low-key superstars of psychedelic music.
They've released three albums, and the most recent is called Mordecai.
It came out in June 2020.
In the past, most of Krungbin's songs have been instrumental,
or if they did have vocals, they'd be minimal.
Their new album is different.
It features vocals and lyrics prominently, and in this episode,
the three of them explain their philosophy on vocals and their process of writing lyrics.
I spoke to each of them to get their perspective on how they made the song, so we won't forget.
This is Laura Lee.
My name is Mark Spear, and I play guitar.
My name is DJ, and I play drums for Krungbin.
We wrote everything musically, you know, in terms of guitar, bass, and drums.
We wrote At the Farm in Burton, Texas.
We've always recorded there since the beginning.
For us, it's the perfect place to write because there's minimal distractions out there.