Album artwork for Welfare / Practice by Lucy Liyou

"I'm trying to document emotions, more than specific events and memories. I mean...that's what my music is at the end of the day - I'm just documenting."

This is Lucy Liyou, the Philadelphia-based experimental musician behind cinematic sister LPs Welfare and Practice. Working in their Korean-American lineage and pulling from childhood memories, Liyou takes inspiration from Pansori (Korean Folk Opera), a style of Korean musical storytelling; and Korean drama soundtracks. Collaging text-to-speech (TTS) with their own voice, personal field recordings, audio samples from memes, Tumblr, and YouTube videos, synthesizers, and lush acoustic piano, Liyou creates their own distinct narrative.

Lucy Liyou

Welfare / Practice

American Dreams Records
Album artwork for Welfare / Practice by Lucy Liyou
LPx2

$36.99

Black
Released 06/24/2022Catalog Number

LP-ADR-39

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Album artwork for Welfare / Practice by Lucy Liyou
LPx2 +

$36.99

Clear Blue Vinyl

Released 06/24/2022Catalog Number

LP-ADR-39C

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Lucy Liyou

Welfare / Practice

American Dreams Records
Album artwork for Welfare / Practice by Lucy Liyou
LPx2

$36.99

Black
Released 06/24/2022Catalog Number

LP-ADR-39

Learn more
Album artwork for Welfare / Practice by Lucy Liyou
LPx2 +

$36.99

Clear Blue Vinyl

Released 06/24/2022Catalog Number

LP-ADR-39C

Learn more

"I'm trying to document emotions, more than specific events and memories. I mean...that's what my music is at the end of the day - I'm just documenting."

This is Lucy Liyou, the Philadelphia-based experimental musician behind cinematic sister LPs Welfare and Practice. Working in their Korean-American lineage and pulling from childhood memories, Liyou takes inspiration from Pansori (Korean Folk Opera), a style of Korean musical storytelling; and Korean drama soundtracks. Collaging text-to-speech (TTS) with their own voice, personal field recordings, audio samples from memes, Tumblr, and YouTube videos, synthesizers, and lush acoustic piano, Liyou creates their own distinct narrative.