Leenalchi - "Crying Softshell Turtle"

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Photo by Robert Macaisa for Off the 405, Courtesy of Getty Museum

Leenalchi just released an EP in June, and the Seoul based seven-piece band is already back with new music. "Crying Softshell Turtle" is a psychedelic thrill ride, with elements that are both traditional and futuristic. This makes sense since the band's upcoming album is a retelling of an eighteenth century Korean epic, and is an update of pansori, a centuries old form of music. It's going to inspire both wild dancing and standing there with your mouth agape. It's as fun as it is mind-blowing, and not every band can pull that off. "Crying Softshell Turtle" literally brings Korea's past into the future.

You can watch the video for "Crying Softshell Turtle" below. Sugungga is due out October 2 on Luaka Bop, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Leenalchi, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include October 31 at The Drake in Amherst, MA.


Fri. Oct. 2 - Queens, NY @ Forest Hills (w/ Geese)
Wed. Oct. 7 - Baltimore, MD @ Current Space
Thu. Oct. 8 - Washington, DC @ Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
Fri. Oct. 9 - Durham, NC @ Good Moon Festival
Wed. Oct. 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Asian Arts Initiative
Thu. Oct. 29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Pioneer Works
Sat. Oct. 31 - Amherst, MA @ Drake
Sun. Nov. 1 - Kingston, NY @ Assembly
Mon. Nov. 2 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Warhol Museum
Wed. Nov. 4 - Cleveland, OH @ Cleveland Museum of Art
Fri. Nov. 6 - Chicago, IL Sleeping Village
Sat. Nov. 7 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center
Thu. Nov 12 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso (Upstairs)
Fri. Nov 13 - Rotterdam, NL @ Grounds
Sun. Nov 15 - Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
Tue. Nov 17 - Hamburg, DE @ Knust
Wed. Nov 18 - Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA Musikkens Hus
Fri. Nov 20 - Aarhus, DK @ Turkis
Sat. Nov 21 - Groningen, NL @ VERA
Tue. Nov 24 - Dublin, IE @ Whelan's
Thu. Nov 26 - London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
Fri. Nov 27 - Bristol, UK @ The Jam Jar
Sat. Nov 28 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sun. Nov 29 - Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall

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