Jowall () is a South Korean

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musician. He is known as a member of the

shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with dream pop) is a subgenre of indie rock, indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion (music), distortion and effects, a ...

band Underwear Band and

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group Byul.org. He began his career as a solo musician since in 2009 and released three studio albums: ''Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들)'' (2009), ''

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(깨끗하게, 맑게,)'' (2013) and ''To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는)'' (2020).

Career

Jowall was a member of the

band Underwear Band, which was formed in 2000. He have also formed the

band Byul.org since 2001 with his brother Jo Taesang. He also led the band's magazine ''Monthly Vampire (월간 뱀파이어)''. He began his solo career in 2009 and released his first album, ''Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들)''. He released his second studio album, ''

(깨끗하게, 맑게,)'' in 2013. Na Wonyoung of

Weiv ''Weiv'' (, stylised in eiv is a South Korean online magazine that publishes music reviews, articles, and interviews with artists. The webzine was founded in August 1999 by Shin Hyeon-joon, a professor at Sungkonghoe University, and Choi Min- ...

described the album as "Rough or low-fi noise was refined more neatly, but all these sounds were located in the right place to create a clear composition narrative, which captured lyricism very beautifully." In 2015, he released a collaboration album ''Mirror and Corpse (거울과 시체)'' with Choi Taehyeon, member of rock band Kuang Program. In 2019, he released the songs ''Ora ''and ''Fra'' under the name of Kim Mak, and that summer they released the single ''Retreat / Arbor Day (퇴로 / 식목일)'' under the name of Jowall. In 2020 he released a new studio album, ''To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는)''. In 2023, he released a new single, "Seol-i (설이)," with Cadejo guitarist Lee Taehoon participating in the recording.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들)'' (2009) * ''

(깨끗하게, 맑게,)'' (2013) * ''Mirror and Corpse (거울과 시체)'' (2015) * ''To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는)'' (2020)

References

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