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nerd" and a devoted crate digger, Speer is interested in music from all over the world, preferring music that is not in the
English language, and tones that are not very prevalent in Western music. In Khruangbin, Speer tries to replace the lead singer's role with his guitar, so he listens to a lot
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Cruisers to avoid 60 cycle hum in studio settings. He uses D'Addario
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through mutual friends, where they initially connected over a shared love of
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