Photo by Will Zhang
1300, the singular Korean-Australian unit, have dropped their esteemed debut album, ILLSAMGONGGONG via Universal Music Korea. LISTEN HERE.
More hopeful and optimistic than their dark George mixtape and a little more mature than the youthful optimism of Foreign Language, today’s ILLSAMGONGGONG – the Korean spelling of one three hundred – conceptually follows 1300’s path back to each other, rediscovering their drive after moments of dysphoria.
The clearest distillation of the group’s expression and purpose, ILLSAMGONGGONG is a representation of the emotional core at the heart of 1300 and the strength of their impact together as one. Sparked from a desire to create and yearning for like-minded individuals to make that world with, that impetus for the project thrives today with clarity and humility.
ILLSAMGONGGONG paints DALI, goyo, rako, Nerdie and pokari’s journey through brotherhood, from team to family. Steadily rebuilding their connection to each other with the renegade beats (‘Headrock’), energy (‘Home’) and surprises synonymous with the group, this debut record is 1300’s most direct boyband pivot yet and emotionally heightened throughout the thirteen tracks by their own journey of self discovery.
Equally able to soundtrack the next Maple Story, with 1300’s most overt influences coming alive on ILLSAMGONGGONG. The grandeur of K-pop sits next to classic RNB and hip hop nods – a collision of genre agnostic impulses that shows the 1300 charm in full. At one step, you’ll surrender headfirst to a drum-and-bass rave, and the next step – a Goth rock band closer – will make you double-take.
Crisp and carefully crafted with playful production at its core, ILLSAMGONGGONG puts 1300 fiercely in step with one-of-a-kind collectives as Odd Future and Brockhampton. A group that can comfortably do anything, with a firm eye on world dominion that never wavers. At the end of the day, ‘MUSIC’ best highlights why they do it. For 1300, theirs is a simple motto: “Stop being sad and shit, life’s too short not to dance.”
ILLSAMGONGGONG LP is out now, buy/stream it here.
TRACKLIST
ILLSAMGONGGONG
Headrock (feat. GIRIBOY)
Fever
wheres my money (feat. Kim Ximya)
Whistle
100 (feat. DKAY, CHANGMO)
Work
BRAVE
clear out the room
Home
party all night
MUSIC
sick
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