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Today two of the acts boldly leading Texas music into the future have delivered a second chapter of their groundbreaking collaboration, further extending the region’s sonic possibilities. Grammy-winning R&B singer/songwriter Leon Bridges, from Ft. Worth, and trailblazing Houston trio Khruangbin have joined for their Texas Moon EP, a follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed Texas Sun. While the five new songs are a continuation of the first EP, they also have an identity all their own—  “I think we’re redefining how people perceive Texas music—that beautiful marriage of country and R&B—and really paying homage to that,” says Bridges.

The writing is a reflection of their mutual trust and Texan influences, the vast array of artists embedded in the state’s DNA — from Beyonce and ZZ Top to Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Geto Boys, or Willie Nelson and Erykah Badu — Khruangbin and Leon, too, expound upon the state’s diverse range of sounds, this time with a sharp set of lyrics that touch on love, faith and death while exploring new dimensions of inventive, hypnotic grooves. – Dead Oceans