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Behind the Clouds

Soyoung Park

Label: Steeplechase Lookout
Released: 2023
Duration: 00:43:40
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Tracks

1 BAKER’S MOOD 5:30 2 BEHIND THE CLOUDS 4:24 3 THREE-NOTE SAMBA 2:53 4 LIKE A RAINBOW 4:21 5 ON THE OCEAN 4:49 6 SKYLARK 5:09 7 NOW OR NEVER 3:15 8 MOVING FORWARD 3:58 9 HOW I KNOW 3:13 10 HER VOICE 6:01  

Personnel

Soyoung Park

vocals

Cho Yoonseung

piano

Jongkuk Kim

drums

Changmin Jun

Album Description

Soyoung Park, originally from South Korea, is a New York based vocalist, pianist and songwriter. She has a perfectly tuned, crystal clear voice and her compositions have interesting harmony progressions which are organically related to the melody and the lyrics. Park’s first album ‘Behind the Clouds’ has reflected her pure inspiration of her life and faith. Each of Park’s composition is a snapshot of her experience, thoughts, belief and imagination : her love of Chet Baker, her faith, the birth of her son, postpartum depression, her love of impressionism, a loss of a loved one. As mentioned in the lyrics, “Like a Rainbow” is her love song for her new born baby. This song was written during Park’s pregnancy as she was waiting for her baby; who came to her like a rainbow comes after the rain. Following the birth of her son, Park was faced with postpartum depression and the most difficult part was whether she can continue her music. As she fell deep into her thoughts, it worsened her depression. “Behind the Clouds” is written with the inspiration that she should not keep looking at the problems but should look at the hope behind the problems; With the support of her family and friends and by looking at hope behind the clouds, this song can be released to the world. The album ends with very intimate duo song, ‘Her Voice’. This song is about Park’s grandmother who raised her when she was young and who has been hospitalized for a long time. Whenever Park recalls the memories of her grandmother, she could see her face but it was difficult to remember her voice. “Her Voice”, sang in Korean, is about how Park misses her grandmother and her voice.