The Koreatown Oddity‘s fourth album is Purdy, releasing on October 2nd.
On Purdy, KTown soundtracks a knight’s first battle, documents the cultivation of a beautiful lawn and recreates sauce brand beefs, while also realizing he’s part of something larger now he has a family. As Koreatown creates art and tries to understand the world, he sees himself both observing life and participating in it.
“Lavender Haze” Eco vinyl is available for pre-order today. KTown’s purple cassettes are up for grabs for a limited time, too – only 100 available. Once they’re gone, they’re gone for good.
Gallery Dept. is hosting an album preview event this Saturday at their Le Bar À Musique de la Galerie space in LA with Koreatown also set to play live at The Silo Room in San Diego on September 19th – tickets here.
Pre-order and pre-save Purdy
Listen to “Ragu & Prego”
Listen to “Yahtzee”
We’ll let KTown tell it:
“What is this album about? Can you describe it in one or two sentences? What’s the inspiration? And so on and so on.
No one will accept “Aye man just press play”. So for those unwilling to just listen to the music without a setup, premise, or explanation, I say to y’all, it’s the artist in the painting. Imagine an artist working on a painting and then saying, “Yo what if I paint myself painting this painting”? Then they step back and observe that painting. Then they decide to paint themselves staring at the painting of them painting the painting they were painting.
I know. It’s some Russian doll inception type shit. But see, once I say that now you have some preconceived idea of what you think this album is gonna be. Yes. most my albums have a concept baked in there somewhere, whether covert or overt, but it would be more interesting for me if you press play blindly and then you tell me what you got from it.
I would have questions for the listeners. What time did you listen to it? Was that an uninterrupted experience? Was it on a drive? Or at the crib? Was it alone or with people? Did somebody play the album and you did not know who Koreatown Oddity was, or are you already up on KTown’s catalog? How many times did you hear the album? Did you tell anyone about it? Did you listen on vinyl? Cassette? Stream? Did you skim through or let it ride?
I could go on.
There is so much new music coming out constantly while old music is still being discovered. As much as people complain about the state of music, I find there is a lotta fly shit out there. An unlimited supply of it. So why should you stop and listen to Purdy?
Besides the music being dope and the rhymes being unique. Besides the creativity and dedication to quality. Besides the people being ready for a new type of Artist to cut through the noise and get some light on the surface. Besides the fact that I have carved out a lane on a freeway in bumper-to-bumper traffic with raw authenticity.
Shit, besides all that, I don’t know. If you do know why you should press play on my new album Purdy, then go in your phone and add October 2nd to your Google Calendar cuz that’s when it’s available to listen to in its entirety.”
