It’s hard to pin down who Khruangbin are. That’s partly due to their sound — wide-ranging, incorporating everything from 1960s Thai funk to surf, soul, psychedelia and rock. It’s also partly due to the fact that two of its members — Mark Speer and Laura Lee Ochoa — wear wigs on stage and in any kind of public appearance.
“It’s pretty obvious that me and LL, with the hairstyle, it’s meant to create anonymity,” Speer, the band’s guitarist, tells me. They’re wearing them as we chat; Speer’s comes down over his eyes and makes him look like a 1970s hippy. Mystique is their stock in trade; that, combined with their electrifying live performances, has combined to send Khruangbin’s reputation stratospheric.
