MINHWI LEE Vinilo y CD

Review: Minhwi Lee has come a long way in the past decade and a half, give or take. Debuting as a member of the indie band Mukimukimanmansu, when she went under the name Mansu, by 2016 she was putting out solo albums (Borrowed Tongue) and a year later picked up Best Folk Album at the Korean Music Awards. Hometown to Come was the difficult second, that all-pressure-on follow up to a trophy-bagging record that can either make or break an artist. Suffice to say, 12 months or so on from its original release, and the record remains a triumph. A tender, nostalgia-hued, slow travel adventure through jazz balladry and quiet, hushed journey-woman fare that asks questions about community, individuality, haunted pasts, uncertain presents, and hopeful futures. In the end, the main word that springs to mind is: timeless.