Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week, we have a collection of songs put together by Colorado-Chicago-Seoul artist, Jeehye Ham of Precocious Neophyte.

Grounded in the antique foundations of shoegaze and the bewilderment of dream pop, Precocious Neophyte is a group that expands beyond the thresholds of what a bedroom artist can be. As a veteran of the South Korean indie music scene, having performed in bands such as Vidulgi OoyoO and JuckJuck Grunzie, Ham brings a type of ruckus and wonder to Precocious Neophyte, where tension and intuition are compelled to unite into moments of sincere power and tender understanding. The group released their latest EP, Stony, earlier this year.

Along with her curation, Ham shared this blurb as to how the playlist came together;

These songs are mostly by Korean indie bands, some who have been active for a long time and some who are new. Byul.org and zzzaam, two introverted, sad, and shoegazey bands who had not been active for a long time, just started releasing new songs, so I’m really excited to listen to them. But not all of the bands are from Korea. Sunshy are my favorite band in Chicago. They just started to perform last year, and I put their newest single, “are you still watching,” on the playlist. It is my favorite Sunshy song. I still remember hearing them play it for the first time on a Free Monday at the Empty Bottle last winter.

Written by Shea Roney | Feature Photo by Sara Thornton used with permission by Jeehye Ham