YKSI - "Don't Dive Alone" + "Smoke" M/Vs

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

I was going to save these for this month's indie roundup post, but I've been listening to "Don't Dive Alone" pretty solid since it came out and thought it deserved its own post.

According to their youtube description, "Yksi is a three member band doing mostly folkrock music. The vocalist / guitarist Yoo Han-gyeol, bassist Choi Chang-il, and drummer Choi Sang-il have signed with the indie label Loverock Company, based in Hongdae, Korea. This rookie group has never performed in public or released any albums, but they have debuted under the name of 'Beatniks' in the past. Yksi has a broad spectrum of music they do, combining folk music with rock, electronic, psychedelic, and other genres which they get inspiration from." Their old Beatniks Youtube page is still active.

I haven't been able to find the album on U.S. iTunes, but you can preview all of the tracks on Mnet. A lot of the songs, such as "Smoke," are wholly or largely in English. My favorite besides the singles is "안."

Source: 1theK 1, 2; Beatniks Youtube, Mnet

Comments

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

I've had Smoke on repeat ever since the MV was released. They've got a pretty broad range of sounds, so I'm already looking forward to their future releases and seeing when kind of direction their music takes.

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

Me too. I previewed their album on mnet and ngl a lot of their English lyrics are corny af but musically I think they're talented and their vocals are good.

[violentiak.livejournal.com]

How random, the word yksi actually means "one" in Finnish. I wonder if it has some kind of connection or if it means something else to them.

[neoreulwonhae.livejournal.com]

I dig it. The singer's voice is really nice, and I like how the songs build up with intensity.

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

I found "Don't Dive Alone" accidentally on yt 4 days ago and have been listening to it non-stop. It's beautiful.