Escape the brutal heat and let vinyl heal your soul at Friends, Records & Sober this June 14

The rain spends most of the week dumping extra baggage on your shoulders. Work stacks up, messages go unanswered, your mood drops somewhere between the flooded pavement and the grey sky outside the office window. By the time Sunday rolls around, Bangkok starts looking less like a city and more like a giant excuse to stay horizontal all day.

Still, hiding under the duvet only works for so long.

This Sunday afternoon, June 14, STØCKHÖLME opens the doors for Friends, Records & Sober, a gentle gathering built for anyone craving a slower pace before Monday barges back in. Good records, alcohol-free drinks and a room full of people who genuinely enjoy sitting around listening to music properly.

Guests browse stacks of vinyl, swap recommendations and take turns spinning records across the afternoon. A few collectors and music obsessives stick around to chat analogue sound, hidden gems and beloved albums that somehow always sound warmer through old speakers. You don't need a rare Japanese pressing tucked under your arm, either. Curious first-timers fit right in.

While the weather outside does its dramatic rainy-season thing, mellow DJ sets drift from soul and funk to downtempo grooves. Soft lighting, the crackle of vinyl and a decent sober cocktail later, Sunday suddenly seems much easier to handle.