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[auxelle.livejournal.com]

Indie bad boys return with a new album
"We have no intention of enlightening people."

As soon as their music starts, you know it's Crying Nut. The five-member rock band has released a new album after a three-year hiatus. Their sixth album is titled "Uncomfortable Party," and my first reaction to it was that they're still the "bad boys" of the Korean music scene. Bold yet metaphoric and cynical yet humorous lyrics cleverly combined with simple, funky rhythms are, after all, what propelled this underground indie band to stardom.

The band - Park Yun-sik (vocals), Lee Sang-myeon (guitar), Han Gyeong-rok (bass), Lee Sang-hyeok (drums) and Kim In-su (keyboards) - made the area near Hongik University one of the hottest, most-talked-about places for indie music in Seoul.

"People love spending freely as if they're having a party, but it's uncomfortable because you can see the end. The title implies the environment is at risk due to people's greed and selfishness," Lee Sang-hyeok said. The environment isn't the only current issue in Crying Nut's latest album. The song "Good Kid" satirizes Korea's education problems, particularly the craze over university entrance exams and the unusually high reliance on private education. "Wake Up," deals with people today experiencing a sense of isolation amid a sea of information. But they are serious in a not-so-serious way - "Crying Nut-style."

"We have no intention of enlightening people or anything," said Kim. "We're just talking about what we - average people in their 30s living in the year 2009 - think and feel."

One big difference about the new album is that it was all made by Crying Nut - the lyrics, compositions, arrangements, production and recording. The band set up a small studio for the endeavor, and are left with the debt from buying all of the equipment, but the experience is something the members cherish greatly. "We felt that if we recorded our own album, we could be more experimental, more us," said Lee Sang-myeon.

Four of the five members went to serve in the military in 2003 and were discharged in 2005. It took them some time to get back on track making Crying Nut music.

"Clubs are our home ground. We kept performing at clubs, and the feel came back," said Park.

On Sept. 5, the band will perform songs from its new album and more at Melon-AX Hall in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul.

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착한아이 (The Good Kid) from 6th album 불편한 파티 (Uncomfortable Party)

Comments

[microkiss.livejournal.com]

i miss my indie phase a little.

bnr

[memoryofsunday.livejournal.com]

Oh God, they're so awesome. XD

After reading the text, I was expecting something serious sounding with, perhaps, some humorous lyrics I wouldn't be able to relate to, but the video is so LULZY.

I like their style, too. Typically I'm not a huge fan of Korean rock, but this is pretty easy on the ears. :D

[wenzi.livejournal.com]

Heard about them from my Korean mass media prof not long ago... Will try! :D

[merlinspants.livejournal.com]

LMAO that video. the burberry print skirts on the girls.

posts about less popular groups are A+ imo, i wish we had more of them

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

This xD

[czarny.livejournal.com]

Eung, ia oppa~

i care!

[qvinx.livejournal.com]

:D

[fraash.livejournal.com]

haha.
dorks will be dorks xDD

[maisoui.livejournal.com]

Posts like this make me care! I wouldn't otherwise know about them. :|

[czarny.livejournal.com]

Bad boys <333 unf yes.

[sabaku-no-leti.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about them, the song is catchy and the video is funny :D
The singer's voice reminds me of The Blue Hearts (the Japanese band that sings Linda Linda).

[daisydoubts.livejournal.com]

The singer's voice reminds me of The Blue Hearts (the Japanese band that sings Linda Linda).

I couldn't place who it was that his voice reminded me of, but that's exactly it!

[nishiara-hitomi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, make me remember Blue Hearts and Stance Punks

[gogoparty.livejournal.com]

urgh that's like that for me with a lot of korean musicians :l

[gogoparty.livejournal.com]

CRYING NUT! CHOSUN PUNK! 8D

말달리자!!!!!! guh they're amazing.

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

I really liked this video was hilar/cute plus the song is great as well
more posts like this are a ok by me
it's nice to be introduced to artists that aren't idols/mainstream

[nishiara-hitomi.livejournal.com]

THIS

[nishiara-hitomi.livejournal.com]

YES, FINALLY.

Korea need so much a REAL rock band right now.

[streetrat.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adored that music video