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Plash — I Live Alone
(Bandcamp Porchlight Design no#, 2026, LP / DL)

by Jon Davis, Published 2026-04-28

I Live Alone Cover art

In the world of music that comes across my desk for review, it’s rare that something gets compared to K-pop. Never before Plash, in fact. To be clear, that’s not a comparison I’d make, and I suspect it’s mostly a reviewer being lazy because some of the band members are Korean American. More accurately, Plash is a very melodic math-rock band, where tricky and precise rhythms back breathy vocals in a most appealing way. Listening to I Live Alone, one of my first thoughts was a similarity to Elephant Gym, and other references would be Covet and American Football. The band is based in Seattle, and features Jeseul Oh (guitar, vocals), FD Riverhill (bass), Luca Cartner (drums), and James Lee (guitar); they started around 2022, and this is their debut full-length release. After a brief intro, they launch into “Sona,” which lays out their style quite well. Breathy vocals float above a rhythmic bed built up of quick tapping guitar lines and busy drums, with the other guitar and the bass providing punctuation. It’s in 7/4, but they handle it in such a way you might almost not realize it. Cartner especially brings a jazzy sensibility to the rhythm that is incredibly energetic and doesn’t handle the odd meter by using a repeating pattern of accents, instead playing across the bar lines in a way that works to obscure them without losing the music’s flow. Oh’s breathy vocal tone is a bit reminiscent of a boy-band singer, and there are lovely backing parts that weave in and around the main melodies, but the music is sophisticated enough to bridge into territory that fans of progressive rock would find attractive. Plash is one of those rare bands that can appeal to listeners from a wide range of backgrounds and musical tastes.

Filed under: New releases, 2026 releases

Related artist(s): Plash

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http://plashband.bandcamp.com/album/i-live-alone

 

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