Description
Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band are a multi-generational psychedelic powerhouse from rural Thailand whose ecstatic, amplifier-blown folk music has quietly become one of the most unlikely global cult phenomena of the last decade.
Hailing from Phetchabun Province, the group formed as a community celebration band — playing weddings, temple fairs, ordinations and village parades. At the center of their sound is the electrified phin, a traditional three-stringed Thai lute whose piercing, spiraling melodies cut through walls of percussion and portable PA distortion. What might begin as a local procession quickly transforms into something transcendent: hypnotic riffs cycling endlessly, rhythms pushing forward with relentless momentum, musicians of all ages locked into communal euphoria.
Ten years after their last release, Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band return with their first new album in a decade — and their first ever recorded inside a professional studio. Produced by Tommy Brenneck (known for his work with Amy Winehouse, Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones, Beyoncé, Mark Ronson, and The Budos Band), the album captures the band with a depth and clarity never heard before — without sacrificing the ecstatic propulsion that defines them. The result is both refinement and revelation. The phin still soars in sharp, spiraling lines; the percussion still drives with marathon intensity; but now every texture resonates with new dimension. It is the sound of a village tradition amplified for the world stage — communal, kinetic, and joyfully uncontainable.
Format / LP
Released / 05/15/2026
Catalogue / IL-2131
Barcode / 810874027993
Artist / Khun Narin
Label / Innovative Leisure
Genre / Pop / Rock