Onda (album)

2019 studio album by Jambinai

Onda

Studio album by

Jambinai

Released| June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07)
Genre|

* Post-rock[1]

Length| 50:27
Label| Bella Union
Jambinai chronology
| A Hermitage
(2016)  | Onda
(2019)  | Apparition
(2022)

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Onda (Korean: 온다, stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by South Korean rock band Jambinai. It was released on June 7, 2019, by Bella Union.[1] The album won the Best Rock Album at the 2020 Korean Music Awards.[2]

## Background

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Jambinai gained popularity in Europe, performing at the Glastonbury Festival, Hellfest, and Roskilde Festival, and pre-released the single Square Wave in 2018.[3][4] The album's name Onda has a double meaning, "온다 (come)" in Korean, and means "wave" in Spanish.[5]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 80/100[6]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [7]
IZM| [8]
PopMatters| 8/10[1]
The Skinny| [9]
Sputnikmusic| 4.2/5[10]
Uncut| 8/10[11]

Onda was well received by music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, Onda received an average rating of 80 out of 100 based on eight professional critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Paul Simpson of AllMusic reviewed "Onda is both grander and more restrained than its predecessors, achieving a vast, wide-open sound that is equally focused and direct."[7] Hans Kim of PopMatters described Onda as "a project that interweaves diasporic influences just as heterophony interweaves distinct melodies."[1] The selection committee for 2020 Korean Music Awards Park Byeongwoon described the album as an electric performance of bursting sound, folk instruments that produce their own dynamics, and the performance added to it as a work that created a more dramatic scene beyond simple layers, and the album won the Best Rock Album.[2]

Publication  | List  | Rank  | Ref.

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Music Y | Album of the Year of 2019  | 1  | [12]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Sawtooth"| 7:39
2.| "Square Wave"| 5:03
3.| "Event Horizon"| 3:55
4.| "Sun. Tears. Red."| 5:51
5.| "In the Woods"| 13:16
6.| "Small Consolation"| 5:18
7.| "ONDA Prelude"| 2:18
8.| "ONDA"| 7:07

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Kim, Hans (19 June 2019). "Jambinai: ONDA (album review)". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
2. ^ a b "잠비나이(JAMBINAI) [온다 (ONDA)]". Korean Music Awards. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
3. ^ No, Seungrim (2019-12-09). "[노승림의 인사이드 아웃] 우리만 몰라봤다, 유럽이 열광하는 퓨전국악". Kukmin Ilbo. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
4. ^ Jang, Youngjoon (2018-12-31). "잠비나이 정규 3집 온다(ONDA) 수록곡 'Square Wave' 선공개". Kyeonggi Ilbo. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
5. ^ Lee, Jooyoung (2018-07-11). "[EBS 스페이스 공감] 잠비나이 정규 3집...SAZA 최우준 화려한 귀환". Economy Queen. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
6. ^ a b "ONDA by Jambinai Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
7. ^ a b Simpson, Paul. "Jambinai – ONDA". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
8. ^ Han, Dongyoon (July 2019). "온다 (ONDA) - IZM". IZM. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
9. ^ Turner-Heffer, Adam (6 June 2019). "Jambinai album review: ONDA". The Skinny. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
10. ^ Stanciu, Raul (8 June 2019). "Review: Jambinai – ONDA". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
11. ^ Lewis, John (July 2019). "Jambinai: Onda". Uncut. No. 266\. p. 30.
12. ^ Cho, Ildong (2019-12-31). "잠비나이 (Jambinai) 『온다 : Onda』". Music Y. Retrieved 2023-11-05.

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Jambinai

* Kim Bo-mi
* Lee Il-woo
* Sim Eun-yong
* Yu Byeong-koo
* Choi Jae-hyuk

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* A Hermitage
* ONDA

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* Jambinai
* Apparition

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