Whenever you hearken to Low Excessive Low, a few issues floor. Low Excessive Low don’t give a shit about making business music. The second is that Low Excessive Low is genre-fluid. Whereas they’re rooted in rock music, they seize and use a bunch of subgenres, generally in tune. That is what makes () sound recent in 2025.
After listening to Korean bands for over 17 years, there are kinds that I’ll at all times get pleasure from listening to. () is a mix or fusion of rock, storage rock, British rock, publish rock, publish punk, and sprinkles of others. The album is over an hour lengthy and incorporates 17 songs. On this period, that’s uncommon. Most bands launch a number of singles and an EP perhaps as soon as yearly.
And regardless that () has the band’s earlier singles, they match proper into the album. What’s extra, even with the band’s use of genres, the album’s movement is partaking. “Sports activities” is the primary tune I heard by Low Excessive Low and that was in 2021. Positioned in the course of the album, it feels excellent. There aren’t any complaints with the album.
For the shortage of a greater phrase, the “vibe” on () is a gaggle of musicians who needed to make rock music with out eager about how it could promote or how they’d appeal to an viewers. It’s extra of an album for them as a result of they noticed it was lacking.
In case you like rock music that’s polished with out obvious overproduction, I feel this album is for you. The general vitality that it presents is superb. I feel there are such a lot of standout songs right here that they are going to be on better of 2025 lists and in addition grow to be a basic inside Korean rock music.
Simply hearken to Low Excessive Low’s (). Phrases can’t actually describe how good it’s. It’s simply too good to overlook.
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Korean Indie proprietor and Editor at Giant. Continually on the lookout for new music and dealing on library parity on Spotify and YouTube Music.
