If Joseon had K-pop, it might have sounded like Seodo Band

If there had been K-pop during the Joseon era, perhaps it would have sounded something like Seodo Band. Formed by five conservatory classmates, the band spent nine years circling around the material that would eventually become its first full-length album, "One: Circle," set for release Friday. The band — vocalist Seodo, guitarist Yeon Tae-hee, bassist Kim Tea-joo, drummer Jeong Hyun-bin and keyboardist Kim Seong-hyun — calls its music "Joseon-pop," a genre of its own making that combines tradit