Jambinai announce Bella Union debut A Hermitage, unleash "They Keep Silence"
Recent Bella Union signees Jambinai, a post-rock trio from South Korea, have announced a new LP and shared its lead single.
The band mix traditional Korean folk with intensely dark experiments. Bomi Kim plays the "fiddle-like haegum", Ilwoo Lee brings guitar and piri (a Korean bamboo flute), while Eun Youg Sim adds geomungo, a Korean zither. Speaking about the group, Lee says: “We’re darker than other Korean traditional bands."
Speaking about album track "Deus Benedicat Tibi", Lee explains it was inspired by "Dae Chui Ta'", a work “written for the king when he marches down the street.”
Lee adds: “Nowadays, especially in Korea, many give up their dreams because life gets worse every day. We have the world's highest suicide rate. Our song expresses a person who overcomes all hardship and suffering. I dedicate this song to the people who live in pain, to say, ‘You are the king in your own life’.”
A Hermitage is released 17 June on Bella Union.
Jambinai have been confirmed for a slew of European festivals, including The Great Escape in May, and a headline show at London's Corsica Studios.
Stream "They Keep Silence" below. The LP's tracklist and the band's upcoming live dates are after.
Tracklist:
1. Wardrobe
2. Echo Of Creation
3. For Everything That You Lost
4. Abyss
5. Deus Benedicat Tini
6. The Mountain
7. Naburak
8. They Keep Silence
May
4 – BARCELONA – Sala Apollo
6 – BOURG EN BRESSE – Festival de Bourg en Bresse
7 – LYON – Nuits Sonores
12 – LA ROCHE SUR YON CEDEX – Fuzz’Yon
13 – LAVAL – Le 6PAR4
14 – ST. BRIEUC – Artrock
16 – LONDON – Corsica Studios
18 – BRUSSELS – ABClub
19 – GRONINGEN – Vera
20 – DEN HAAG – Paard van Troje
21 – BRIGHTON – The Great Escape
June
6 – VORONEZH – Platonov Arts Festival
17 – CLISSON – Hellfest
18 – BALLINLOUGH CASTLE – Body & Soul
19 – IZEL – Fete de la Musique
July
8 – RUDOLSTADT – TFF Rudolstadt
15 – OTTENHEIM – Ottenheims Open Air
16 – CARHAIX – Les Vielles Charrues
21 – NIJMEGEN – Valkhof Festival
29 – BOTTNA – Clandestino Bottna
31 – SAINT–NAZAIRE CEDEX – Les Escales
August
5 – LUIK – Micro Festival
6 – KATOWICE – Off Festival
20 – MALGUENAC – Festival de Malguenac
26 – VENLO – Zomerparkfeest Venlo
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