Yeong Die
Uncapturable
ESP Institute
A Korean artist who’s previously appeared on choice experimental outposts like enmossed and Psychic Liberation, Yeong Die has never been especially interested in genre norms, and while her new Uncapturable album has been issued via the (usually) dancefloor-focused ESP Institute label, she’s still very much doing her own thing. Those seeking some stylistic reference points might hear traces of IDM, new age and blissed-out ’90s electronica, but more useful descriptors would point towards the record’s prevailing moods, which tend to be playful and bursting with color. Embracing a sense of wonky weirdness, even on the LP’s more pensive offerings, Yeong Die always seems to make sure that her melodies are warped, filtered and time-stretched, and her leisurely pace gives the album an almost surreal sensibility, as though it’s meant to soundtrack a particularly cozy daydream. Add in her apparent love for charmingly unpolished vocals—most notably on “Morning Rum Punch,” a collaboration with Cifika—and Uncapturable is an effort that’s easy to love.