KHRUANGBIN - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii ENNIO MORRICONE Eleven of Willie’s favourite Merle

Eleven of Willie’s favourite Merle compositions were handpicked for the album

"Five people deep singing and stagediving

” “Ascending into the Clouds” - to breathe

2021 with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall which was commissioned by Elizabeth Alker for Unclassified Live

KHRUANGBIN - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii ENNIO MORRICONE Eleven of Willie’s favourite MerleDeluxe CD Khruangbin did not know if they were actually making an album. All they knew in the first frigid days of 2025, as they shivered in the Central Texas barn where theyve recorded almost all of their music, was that the 10th anniversary of their debut, The Universe Smiles Upon You, was steadily approaching. Months earlier, theyd bandied about ways to mark the occasion, debating orchestral arrangements or compendiums of bonus materials and