There is a consistent theme throughout to understand by coastline Consistent and confident surprise. The band’s sound feels like an emo-he rock spine, branching out into hardcore, post-punk, pop (both Western styles and Asian influences), and disco. “Workaround” feels like a modern take on DEVO in the best way possible, but I don’t want to spoil the other surprises. The various influences work together because the band really only cares about the quality of the songs. Forget your expectations and have fun. Thematically, there’s a sense that the process of understanding life only happens by looking back, so you just make the best of it and let it go from there. The result is a record where identity, hope, and the human experience are all things we can understand together, and which feels wiser than its age (and even wiser than this album, which is nearly 40 years old). Did.
Vocalist Hansol Sun talks about how they poured their heart and soul into the record, yielding unexpected results.
“Initially, we wanted to write heavy, fast songs, but at the same time we stayed in the emo/punk world. Interestingly, this record had a very weird but cool pop and disco influence. A lot of the demos had electronic beats in the beginning, some with very little actual guitar. We turned that into an actual punk record. I tried to convert it.
“There’s a bigger theme to this whole album,” he added. “It’s just that everything is a process and everyone is just trying to figure out how their life is going to work out. We thought to understand Therefore, it would be a very appropriate album title. Although there is no title song, this phrase is used in many songs, so it left a strong impression on me. ”
The album artwork includes a poem that I think is a beautiful extension of the title.
“You can be hopeless and hopeful at the same time.
“There is no need to find a solution right away.
“You have to understand that.
“You’ll figure it out.”
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Photo by Frederick Hafner.