“While collaborations with John Butcher, Lasse Marhaug and Swans have all made good on her Facebook page’s introductory declaration, 'I make noise;”, writes Bill Meyer in his review of Okkyung Lee's most recent body of work, “Lee grew up in Korea listening to pop and getting a rigorous classical training. These experiences inform the ten succinct pieces that she composed for Yeo-Neun.”

Lee's latest album's title, roughly translating from Korean as "a gesture of opening", takes its name from this particular performing ensemble, which she first formed in 2016. The Yeo-Neun Quartet also features harpist Maeve Gilchrist, pianist Jacob Sacks, and bassist Eivind Opsvik. Their first recorded album sees modern classical composition and improvised music combined with “the emotive drama of Korean traditional music and popular ballads”, according to the record's publisher, Shelter Press.

Read Bill Meyer's full review in The Wire 435 or via the online archive. Yeo-Neun is available to pre-order now and released by Shelter Press on 8 May.