Jowall

Jowall (Korean: 조월) is a South Korean post-rock musician. He is known as a member of the shoegaze band Underwear Band and electronica group Byul.org. He began his career as a solo musician since in 2009 and released three studio albums: Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들) (2009), Clean & Clear (깨끗하게, 맑게,) (2013) and To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는) (2020).^[2][3][4]

Jowall
Also known as	Kim Mak
Born	1978-1979[1]
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Post-rock shoegaze
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Mansun MO Records

Career

Jowall was a member of the shoegaze band Underwear Band, which was formed in 2000. He have also formed the electronica band Byul.org since 2001 with his brother Jo Taesang.^[5] He also led the band's magazine Monthly Vampire (월간 뱀파이어).^[6]

He began his solo career in 2009 and released his first album, Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들).^[6] He released his second studio album, Clean & Clear (깨끗하게, 맑게,) in 2013. Na Wonyoung of Weiv described the album as "Rough or low-fi noise was refined more neatly, but all these sounds were located in the right place to create a clear composition narrative, which captured lyricism very beautifully."^[7]

In 2015, he released a collaboration album Mirror and Corpse (거울과 시체) with Choi Taehyeon, member of rock band Kuang Program.^[1][8] In 2019, he released the songs Ora and Fra under the name of Kim Mak, and that summer they released the single Retreat / Arbor Day (퇴로 / 식목일) under the name of Jowall.^[2]

In 2020 he released a new studio album, To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는).^[4][9] In 2023, he released a new single, "Seol-i (설이)," with Cadejo guitarist Lee Taehoon participating in the recording.^[10]

Discography

Studio albums

• Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들) (2009)
• Clean & Clear (깨끗하게, 맑게,) (2013)
• Mirror and Corpse (거울과 시체) (2015) (with Choi Taehyeon)
• To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는) (2020)