Thornapple (band)

Thornapple (쏜애플) is a South Korean indie rock band. The band currently consists of Yoon Seonghyeon, Shim Jaehyeon, Hong Dongkyoon and Bang Joseph. Since their formation in 2009, the band has released three studio albums: I Often Stammer and Forget the Way to Sleep (난 자꾸 말을 더듬고 잠드는 법도 잊었네) (2010), Strange Weather (이상기후) (2014) and Enlightenment (계몽) (2019).

History
Thornapple was formed in 2009. They released their debut studio album I Often Stammer and Forget the Way to Sleep (난 자꾸 말을 더듬고 잠드는 법도 잊었네). Overall, they were greatly influenced by Radiohead in music, and they also mentioned in interviews that Radiohead is a role model for both musicality and behavior. They said that the ever-changing appearance deserves to be emulated as a creative company. In 2010, and after the release, the members joined the military. While they were in the military, the album began to gain popularity among indie fans. They appeared on Mnet's TV show, The Era of the Band (밴드의 시대), and they signed a contract with Happy Robot Records.

In 2014, they released their second studio album Strange Weather (이상기후). Kim Banya of IZM described the album as "Like a deadly poisonous apple, the temptation of the album continues. If you take a bite of this album, you will suffer from dizziness and irritating abnormal symptoms." They released the EP Capital Disease (서울병) in 2016, and had a national tour.

In 2018, they had a solo concert, but it was hastily changed to an instrumental concert due to vocal cord nodule from vocalist Yoon Seonghyeon. With he completely cured, a new concert was held in December. In 2019, they released their third studio album Enlightenment (계몽), which was nominated for Best Modern Rock Album at the Korean Music Awards.

In 2023, they released an EP Animal (동물). In an interview with IZM, they said, "Enlightenment is like the end of what we've been talking about. We had a lot of thoughts about what else we could talk about now, but as we went through a mentally difficult period, we came up with an abstract image of my next album, and that was the starting point of this album, Animal."

Studio albums

 * I Often Stammer and Forget the Way to Sleep (난 자꾸 말을 더듬고 잠드는 법도 잊었네) (2010)
 * Strange Weather (이상기후) (2014)
 * Enlightenment (계몽) (2019)

EPs

 * Capital Disease (서울병) (2016)
 * Animal (동물) (2023)