Hollow Jan
South Korean post-rock band
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Hollow Jan (Korean: 할로우 잰) is a South Korean rock band. Since their formation in 2003, the band has released two studio albums: Rough Draft in Progress (2006) and Day Off (2014).[1][2] Their album Rough Draft in Progress won Best Rock Album at the 2008 Korean Music Awards.[3]
Career
Hollow Jan was formed in October 2003.[1] They released the EP Hyacinthus Orientalis of Purple in 2005.[4] The band expressed themselves as a "two-job (a newly coined Korean term in 2000s that refers to people who have multiple careers)" band because all the members are also working in office jobs.[1][5]
In 2006, they released their first studio album Rough Draft in Progress.[6] The album won the Best Rock Album at the 2008 Korean Music Awards.[3] They were included in the lineup for the 2009 Pentaport Rock Festival and the 2012 Jisan Valley Rock Festival.[7][8]
They released their second album Day Off in 2014.[2][9] The member of the selection committee for the Korean Music Awards Lim Heeyoon nominated the album for best rock album, describing it as "An album like an auditory detail depicting a tumult on the verge of extinction."[10] In 2015, they appeared and performed on The EBS space with Urban Zakapa.[11]
In 2023, they released an EP titled Confusion (다떠위다).[12]
Discography
Albums
- Rough Draft in Progress (2006)
- Day Off (2014)
Extended plays
- Hyacinthus Orientalis of Purple (2005)
- Confusion (다떠위다) (2023)
- 'An Inaudible Voice' (2024)