Parasol (band)
South Korean indie rock band
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Parasol (Korean: 파라솔) is a South Korean indie rock band. The band currently consists of Kim Na Eun, Chiyoonhae and Jeong Wonjin.[1] Since their formation in 2013, the band has released two studio albums Someday (언젠가 그 날이 오면) (2015) and A Nothing (아무것도 아닌 사람) (2017).[2]
Career
Parasol was formed in 2013.[3] Chiyoonhae is a member of Sultan of the Disco, Kim Na Eun was a member of Trampauline and Julia Hart, and Jeong Wonjin was a member of The Freaks and Bluestream. They released their self-title EP in 2014[4][5]
In 2015, the band released their first studio album Someday (언젠가 그 날이 오면).[4][6] Kim Na Eun interviewed the album as "It's an album that does not have any meaning, and we recorded it just as much as we want."[3] Jeong Goowon of Weiv described the album as "The best pleasure that ambiguity and subtlety can convey."[7]
They released their single Pillow and Ceiling (베개와 천장) in 2016[5] In 2017, they released a single with Silica Gel Space Angel. Music Y's Jeong Byeongwook reviewed their collaboration as "Like the abstraction of half-dreaming in the lyrics of the song, the moment of "complete" opens at an unexpected moment."[8] In July, they released their second studio album A Nothing (아무것도 아닌 사람), and they had South Korean and Japanese tour during August and September.[2] In 2018, they performed with Silica Gel on The EBS space.[9] In 2019, Kim Na Eun began her solo musician career with the single Summer Clouds.[10]
Discography
Studio albums
- Someday (언젠가 그 날이 오면) (2015)
- A Nothing (아무것도 아닌 사람) (2017)
EPs
- Parasol (파라솔) (2014)
- Wednesday (수요일) (2017)