Needles & Grooves

Which album?

Sorry, the new one. Mordechai

And which pressing?

Except for a couple, pretty much every pressing of every Khruangbin release has been pretty bad in terms of crackle. So it's not super surprising that this one is too.

It's the Red Texas Edition I think
The one offered through End of an Ear record store

The music is great, a bit different, definitelymore produced than Con Todo El Mundo. Just crackles the hell out of it sometimes.

Aren't almost all Khruangbin albums on the noisey side? They're not know for having great pressings, from what I understand

Looks like it's pressed at IRP, I believe their others were GZ. Either way looks like the same outcome, garbage pressing.

I assume you've done a wet wash?

Unfortunately I assume now, after too many experiences, that anything released from the Secretly Group is going to sound bad, or mediocre at best, and generally avoid them and just stream.

Yeah Secretly actually owns Independent Record Pressing, so pretty much everything they put out sucks.

Boo. Now I'm a bit bummed after getting the email saying that this press is on the way.