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omonatheydidThere’s a special charm that sucks you in the more you listen to it.
The music by modern rock band Nell, who returns after four years, has that kind of power. And the album that clearly shows that power is the band′s fourth album, Separation Anxiety, released in March of 2008. If you are a person who loves Nell’s music, it is an album that you had on repeat without even noticing.
And after four years, Nell has finally returned with a new album. It is the fifth album, Slip Away, and the band has us wondering, ‘What kind of music is in this one?’ If you are a person who loved A Time to Walk on Memories, then you’ll fall once more for the fifth album′s title song, The Day Before, as soon as you listen to it.
You may wonder what Nell has been doing for the past four years. Or why its music means so much to its fans. I sat down with the four men of Nell, Kim Jong Wan, Lee Jae Kyung, Lee Jung Hoon and Jung Jae Won and talked about their music.
You released something new for the first time in four years. Your feelings towards it must be something else.
Lee Jae Kyung: "We were at the point where we were completely full with music, so we wanted to release an album soon. Now that it’s out, I’m very proud of it and, at the same time, very relieved."
The response towards the release of the fifth album was great. Why do you think this was?
Jung Jae Won: "We try not to exaggerate too much when expressing things in our music. I think the audience likes that."
LJK: "Also, I think they know a lot of effort goes into our music. And when I listen to it from a listener’s point of view, the songs are pretty addicting."
The scale of the fifth album has gotten bigger and feels a little different.
LJK: "It’s true that the scale has gotten bigger than before. More than anything, we now know what kind of sounds should be heard with what kind of music. So our music doesn’t take a lot out of you and has become a lot more delicate. Our skills have improved, and we focused a lot on the quality of sound. We obsessed over the subtle differences that most people wouldn’t recognize and even found instruments from the 50s to include in that sound."
Kim Jong Wan: "But there is really no emphasis on a certain part. Just like how a person takes pictures or writes in a diary, we made music. When keeping a diary, who writes with a certain concept? We just wanted to include all the stories from our 20s to our 30s in music form."
Because it’s an album that was created in the transition period from your 20s to your 30s, there must be a difference from your previous album to your album now.
KJW: "I don’t know if there was any humanistic growth, but there’s definitely something different. Maybe it’s because we’re in our 30s now, but a lot of things have happened, especially in the recent three, four years. It’s not just me, but all of our members have changed. I’m not sure if it was a particularly good change, but everything has become a lot more peaceful. Whether it’s about women, family, friends, or money, if I can see a start, I can also see an end."
It is the time of very exciting and powerful songs. Have you ever had thoughts of conforming to that?
LJK: "Even if it’s not out of loyalty, I believe the people who loved our music will continue to love it. Ten years ago, we made music regardless of trends, and the same can be said for now. We plan on doing that for the future."
KJW: "Truthfully, it’s very difficult to make music to please someone. You can’t make music to please strangers. Because we like it, there are people who also like it. The producers may feel a lot of pressure from that, but we feel good about that."
After releasing your album, all the songs soared on the music charts.
LJK: "I saw a screen capture of that on a fan website and thought it was so amazing. At first, we thought it was just the track list, but when we found out it was for a music chart, we were ecstatic."
The title song is called, The Day Before. Your song titles are always very unique.
KJW: “The title symbolizes the song. So even if you just look at the title, you can imagine what kind of song it is. I hope that people can have things to reminiscence about just through the title.”
For the album, I heard that you recorded in a studio where world famous singers have worked in. How was that?
KJW: “It was the same. Although the language was different, after a minute or two, we understood each other′s work ethics. Because they are very experienced musicians, they treated us like we’ve worked together for years and created a very comfortable environment. I realized with music, anything is possible and it felt great."
With recording the album in the US, I don’t think you were very frugal with the fifth album.
KJW: “If someone saw us, they’ll probably say that we spent a lot, but when an album comes out, that’s the end. You can’t go back and change things or collect them back. In order to create a perfectly satisfying album, we were willing to spend that much. In the future, we want to spend even more. Because we earn money from the music, it’s right to spend that money on music. Of course, just because you spend a lot of money doesn’t mean good music will come from it, but I don’t want to compromise our music with money.”
It’s somehow been ten years since your debut. There must be times when the four of you fight.
LJK: “We know each other too well. When one member suggests something about music, the other members are already thinking the same thing. Even if there are things that we disagree about, we resolve it in our own way.”
KJW: “If there’s music that distracts me, I throw it away unsparingly. I’m not creating the music by myself. But as time goes by, I’m happy that the number of songs I’ve had to throw away has decreased. There’s a very special feeling that can only come from a team that’s been together for a long time. When that feeling comes, I feel great. If there is a problem outside of music, we talk about it and figure it out right away. We say everything we want as we’re drinking, and after exchanging a couple of curse words, everything’s fine again. That’s us.”
Because of the lack of interaction with fans, a lot of fans remember you as the unfriendly band.
KJW: “I want to meet our fans a lot, but I think we should stand on stage when we are completely ready. It’s common courtesy. Because of that, I’m apologetic that we can’t see our fans a lot.”
Then, what are your future plans?
LJK: “There’s nothing planned out yet. I think we’ll have a couple of big performances, and we want to participate in festivals too. Also, we want to perform at a small venue for a long period of time, but nothing is for certain right now.”
Source: global mnet
The music by modern rock band Nell, who returns after four years, has that kind of power. And the album that clearly shows that power is the band′s fourth album, Separation Anxiety, released in March of 2008. If you are a person who loves Nell’s music, it is an album that you had on repeat without even noticing.
And after four years, Nell has finally returned with a new album. It is the fifth album, Slip Away, and the band has us wondering, ‘What kind of music is in this one?’ If you are a person who loved A Time to Walk on Memories, then you’ll fall once more for the fifth album′s title song, The Day Before, as soon as you listen to it.
You may wonder what Nell has been doing for the past four years. Or why its music means so much to its fans. I sat down with the four men of Nell, Kim Jong Wan, Lee Jae Kyung, Lee Jung Hoon and Jung Jae Won and talked about their music.
You released something new for the first time in four years. Your feelings towards it must be something else.
Lee Jae Kyung: "We were at the point where we were completely full with music, so we wanted to release an album soon. Now that it’s out, I’m very proud of it and, at the same time, very relieved."
The response towards the release of the fifth album was great. Why do you think this was?
Jung Jae Won: "We try not to exaggerate too much when expressing things in our music. I think the audience likes that."
LJK: "Also, I think they know a lot of effort goes into our music. And when I listen to it from a listener’s point of view, the songs are pretty addicting."
The scale of the fifth album has gotten bigger and feels a little different.
LJK: "It’s true that the scale has gotten bigger than before. More than anything, we now know what kind of sounds should be heard with what kind of music. So our music doesn’t take a lot out of you and has become a lot more delicate. Our skills have improved, and we focused a lot on the quality of sound. We obsessed over the subtle differences that most people wouldn’t recognize and even found instruments from the 50s to include in that sound."
Kim Jong Wan: "But there is really no emphasis on a certain part. Just like how a person takes pictures or writes in a diary, we made music. When keeping a diary, who writes with a certain concept? We just wanted to include all the stories from our 20s to our 30s in music form."
Because it’s an album that was created in the transition period from your 20s to your 30s, there must be a difference from your previous album to your album now.
KJW: "I don’t know if there was any humanistic growth, but there’s definitely something different. Maybe it’s because we’re in our 30s now, but a lot of things have happened, especially in the recent three, four years. It’s not just me, but all of our members have changed. I’m not sure if it was a particularly good change, but everything has become a lot more peaceful. Whether it’s about women, family, friends, or money, if I can see a start, I can also see an end."
It is the time of very exciting and powerful songs. Have you ever had thoughts of conforming to that?
LJK: "Even if it’s not out of loyalty, I believe the people who loved our music will continue to love it. Ten years ago, we made music regardless of trends, and the same can be said for now. We plan on doing that for the future."
KJW: "Truthfully, it’s very difficult to make music to please someone. You can’t make music to please strangers. Because we like it, there are people who also like it. The producers may feel a lot of pressure from that, but we feel good about that."
After releasing your album, all the songs soared on the music charts.
LJK: "I saw a screen capture of that on a fan website and thought it was so amazing. At first, we thought it was just the track list, but when we found out it was for a music chart, we were ecstatic."
The title song is called, The Day Before. Your song titles are always very unique.
KJW: “The title symbolizes the song. So even if you just look at the title, you can imagine what kind of song it is. I hope that people can have things to reminiscence about just through the title.”
For the album, I heard that you recorded in a studio where world famous singers have worked in. How was that?
KJW: “It was the same. Although the language was different, after a minute or two, we understood each other′s work ethics. Because they are very experienced musicians, they treated us like we’ve worked together for years and created a very comfortable environment. I realized with music, anything is possible and it felt great."
With recording the album in the US, I don’t think you were very frugal with the fifth album.
KJW: “If someone saw us, they’ll probably say that we spent a lot, but when an album comes out, that’s the end. You can’t go back and change things or collect them back. In order to create a perfectly satisfying album, we were willing to spend that much. In the future, we want to spend even more. Because we earn money from the music, it’s right to spend that money on music. Of course, just because you spend a lot of money doesn’t mean good music will come from it, but I don’t want to compromise our music with money.”
It’s somehow been ten years since your debut. There must be times when the four of you fight.
LJK: “We know each other too well. When one member suggests something about music, the other members are already thinking the same thing. Even if there are things that we disagree about, we resolve it in our own way.”
KJW: “If there’s music that distracts me, I throw it away unsparingly. I’m not creating the music by myself. But as time goes by, I’m happy that the number of songs I’ve had to throw away has decreased. There’s a very special feeling that can only come from a team that’s been together for a long time. When that feeling comes, I feel great. If there is a problem outside of music, we talk about it and figure it out right away. We say everything we want as we’re drinking, and after exchanging a couple of curse words, everything’s fine again. That’s us.”
Because of the lack of interaction with fans, a lot of fans remember you as the unfriendly band.
KJW: “I want to meet our fans a lot, but I think we should stand on stage when we are completely ready. It’s common courtesy. Because of that, I’m apologetic that we can’t see our fans a lot.”
Then, what are your future plans?
LJK: “There’s nothing planned out yet. I think we’ll have a couple of big performances, and we want to participate in festivals too. Also, we want to perform at a small venue for a long period of time, but nothing is for certain right now.”
Source: global mnet
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Date: 2012-05-05 10:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-05 10:52 pm (UTC)noticing that recording in the us is more common now. sweet sorrow did that too for their last album right?
anyway, i hope Nell continues to make awesome music for many years to come
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Date: 2012-05-05 11:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-06 03:23 am (UTC)Thank you for telling me what I've been trying to figure out for so long. I think Nell's simplicity is what I love the most. I really want them to play shows overseas, oh what I would give to see them perform.
And I can't embed the video but this (http://nellband.tumblr.com/post/21983509270/jung-hoon-gets-a-flower-in-his-hair-from-a-lady-at) was really cute and funny ^_^
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Date: 2012-05-06 06:50 am (UTC)I don't think they need to rely on fanservice, I for one feel greatly satisfied and thankful for the music on all their albums. So much so that I've never felt they were lacking. Their music stands for itself.
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Date: 2012-05-06 08:34 pm (UTC)