When you browse eundohee‘s discography, she’s moved across a lot of genres, fusing and molding pieces to create familiar soundscapes. They’ve always had an honest delivery and that’s what has kept me interested in her music throughout the years. eundohee captures a specific period with each release and there’s a common stylistic theme even when it sounds different.
The album captures a journey through bipolar disorder, exploring the deep valleys and unexpected peaks of living with mental illness. Life is a comedy anyway, so I try to take pleasure in it.
eundohee on Blue Comedy
It’s an honest admission that isn’t heard about much, given South Korea’s burial of mental health issues, whether that’s cultural or societal. Blue Comedy presents a common tone across the 10 songs. While the volume changes, each song carries a different weight. The songs are presented in waves with lighter and heavier movements pushing the album’s message.
The pre-release singles, “Sleep on It” and “Gravity” are perfect samplers because they show different sides of this core messaging. The mixture of folk, indie, and electronic music isn’t unique as a trio of styles, but eundohee maintains a directed and specific use of each element together.
“Gravity” is followed by “Adjust” and they feel like two different experiences within the same book. And it’s not like specific use of each style denotes a particular emotion. Each track stands alone really well along with telling an entire story as a full length.
The two features with Seulhan Koo and Damons year are great additions and display the talents of each musician. Damons year was unexpected but its nice to hear how well the vocals fit on “Night.”
Blue Comedy feels light on the surface, due to the instrumentals. But the message presented through the vocals and specific instrumental use highlights the story that eundohee is telling. As she bares this experience through music, the first listen is a light impression and realization of how emotions and moods change with small variation.
But on multiple repeats, which Blue Comedy requires, there’s a larger and longer explanation about her experiences. And through the album, you understand it through the music.
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Written by Chris P for Korean Indie.