The Heavy Heavy - Live (2025) Hi-Res

The Heavy Heavy create the kind of unfettered rock-and-roll that warps time and place, immediately pulling the audience into a euphoric fugue state with its own sun-soaked atmosphere. Led by lifelong musicians Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, the Brighton, UK-based band breathe an incandescent new energy into sounds from decades ago, transcending eras with a hypnotic ease.

Khruangbin means “airplane” in Thai, which links this choice to the one above, but that’s beside the point. The unexpected collaboration between the neo-psychedelic trio and soul singer Leon Bridges—both from Texas, Houston, and Dallas, respectively—led to what was arguably the summer hit of 2020. British retro-rock band The Heavy Heavy—Georgie Fuller and Will Turner—recorded a compelling version during their Church Sessions, which now concludes their Live LP (ATO).