St. Lenox Meditates on JD Vance Couches and Philosophy w/ “Courtesan” Video Debuted w/ FLOOD | LP out 10/25 on Don Giovanni

St. Lenox Meditates on Graduate School, JD Vance Couches and Philosophy w/ “Courtesan” Single/Video Debuted w/ FLOOD Available across platforms here Ten Modern American Work Songs LP out Oct 25 on Don Giovanni Records / Anyway Records Ten Modern American Work Songs album pre-order "Andrew Choi is one of the most intense and expressive vocalists in indie rock." - Stereogum "He belts out his regrets with uncanny melisma, like John Darnielle channeling Tony Clifton.   As odd as it sounds, it's a genuinely affecting affect." - NPR "sharply evocative and richly imagined tales that … form part of Choi’s larger artistic project of expanding the definition of what gets to be considered an American narrative in the singer-songwriter tradition.” - Rolling Stone St. Lenox Offers a Rebuttal to J.D. Vance on New Single “Courtesan”" - FLOOD Singles: “Rudy” “Quasi-Nichomachean Ethics (Drunk Uncle Advice)” “Courtesan”

Photo credit: Aaron Cansler  Korean-American artist Andrew Choi will release his fifth album as St. Lenox, Ten Modern American Work Songs due out October 25 via Don Giovanni Records / Anyway Records. Early singles “Rudy” and “Quasi-Nichomachean Ethics (Drunk Uncle Advice)” earned acclaim spanning Stereogum, GLAAD, Northern Transmissions and more. Today, he shares the shimmering, wryly celebratory new album cut “Courtesan,” which reflects on his risky debt-inducing pivot from a low-paying Philosophy graduate student to law school. Choi uses his signature music video storytelling style to discuss J.D. Vance's "childless cat lady" comments, revealing that the couch in his living room was previously owned by J.D. Vance's law school roommate, and that J.D. Vance majored in Philosophy at The Ohio State University when Choi taught Philosophy classes there. Watch / Share: “Courtesan” video With his singular combination of tight pop melodies, topical and confessional lyrics, and his cathartic vocal howl, the progressive, queer artist harnesses his life experience to raise questions about the definition of success and the journey through higher education and the American workforce. Like many Millennials and Gen-Xers, Andrew grew up with the narrative that quality work and education would eventually lead to personal salvation and provide a path to upward mobility. To that end, Andrew became a pillar of achievement: flying to New York City to study violin at Julliard on weekends as a teenager, graduating magna cum laude from Princeton University, earning a PhD in philosophy in his 30s, attending law school at NYU Law and working in Manhattan at a law firm, while simultaneously grappling with the struggles of modern working life: low wages, massive student debt, and burnout. This tremendous amount of experience—and all of the observations therein—is channeled into Ten Modern American Work Songs, which is dedicated to the NYU Law Class of 2014 on its 10th anniversary. “I want the record to be a snapshot of work life in modern times,” he says. “I try my best in these records to provide a kind of realism.  I want the listener to come away with a vivid feeling of what it's like to work these days. Because ultimately that kind of realism is motivating to people on an ethical and political level. Anyone who has ever paused to wonder “What’s this all for?” as they climb the next rung in capitalist America will find solace in these stories, which, taken together, paint an evocative portrait of 21st century work life. Website | Facebook | Instagram | X Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube