파도 [Wave]

A record that suffocates in its hip-hop energy at first but unscrolls itself to be one of the most gorgeous explorations of R&B mixing with jazz I've ever experienced. This record is so unapologetic either you're fucking with it or you're lost to the genre's it hops across. My advice if the opening section doesn't appeal scroll forward if it does you're in for a strange ride, that might be your favourite of this year or any year you listen to it for the first time if not I don't know learn Korean? Because you're fucking missing it. It is a 30-minute odyssey that no doubt pushes the limits of what korean music can mean to anyone unawares to jjangyou.

Favourites: Everything WIll Be Okay, Don't Touch, 115, Endless Journey.
These tracks are what switch it from a brilliant record to masterful control of mood and sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHtZgsDNMo&ab_channel=SUPERSOUNDBugs%21

Update:
2 years later the record holds up and continues to stand as an outlier of gorgeous creativity meeting stunning instrumentation