LAIR (pronounced "lah-eer," a local dialect for the Indonesian word of 'lahir', meaning 'birth' or, roughly 'being born') is a 6-piece psych-soul/funk outfit from Indonesia. In Ngélar - the sextet's sophomore LP - deeper social narratives and more intimate subject matters are more apparent. In which they speak a lot about 'tanah' or 'land/soil,' owing a lot to the fact that their hometown, Jatiwangi's history of being the country's largest producer of clay/terracotta-based products. The people in Jatiwangi's intertwining relationship with 'tanah' is simply unparalleled-even their instruments are mostly made of terracotta. From the reimagining of their hometown's past glories, LAIR, along with singer/songwriter Monica Hapsari (who co-wrote and ... read more