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South Korean indie rock band
Achime
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Origin
| South Korea
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Genres
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Years active
| 2008-present
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Labels
| Beatball, BGBG Records
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Members
| - Kwon Seonwook
- Kim Sooyeol
- Lee Sangkyu
- Kim Kyeongjoo
- Kim Jeongmin
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Past members
| - Kim Donghyeon
- Park Seonyoung
- Jeong Wookjae
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Achime
(
Korean
:
아침
) is a South Korean
indie rock
band. The band currently consists of Kwon Seonwook, Kim Sooyeol, Lee Sangkyu, Kim Kyeongjoo and Kim Jeongmin. Since their formation in 2008, the band has released two studio albums
Hunch
(2010) and
Overcome
(2012).
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Career
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Achime was formed in 2008, Kwon Seonwook offered a band to Kim Sooyeol to do music after his discharge, and Jeong Wookjae and Park Seonyoung later joined the band.
[2]
They began to gain popularity through auditions in
MySpace
Korea.
[3]
They released their EP
Flower of Lie (거짓말꽃)
in 2009.
[4]
In 2010, they released their first studio album
Hunch
.
[5]
The album was recorded for two and a half months, and they recorded in a recording studio under construction. Kwon Seonwook interviewed in the situation, "We weren't in proper condition while recording."
[6]
They have appeared in
The EBS space
and performed at the
Pentaport Rock Festival
and
Jisan Valley Rock Festival
.
[2]
They released EP
Hyperactivity
in 2011 and had a solo concert in May.
[7]
They released their second studio album
Overcome
in 2012.
[1]
Kim Banya of
IZM
described the album as "The album maintains its "pessimistic," but refuses to express it in one pattern, and it does not like it being defined as a single genre, so it combines various attempts."
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In 2013, they released the single
Swtsxtn
, but their sensational image album cover became controversial.
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The band then went on hiatus until 2017. Since then, they have released the singles
Hide and Seek (숨바꼭질)
(2017),
Moratorium
(2019),
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God's App
(2021) and
Portrait
(2022).
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Discography
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Studio albums
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- Hunch
(2010)
- Overcome
(2012)
- Flower of Lie (거짓말꽃)
(2009)
- Hyperactivity
(2011)
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