{{Infobox album | name = Day Off | type = studio | artist = Hollow Jan | cover = Cover of Hollow Jan's album Day Off.png | alt = | released = {{start date|2014|03|10}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Post-rock, post-hardcore | length = {{Duration|m=61|s=40}} | language = | label = Dope Entertainment | producer = | prev_title = Rough Draft in Progress | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Confusion | next_year = 2023 | misc = }}
'''''Day Off''''' is the second studio album by South Korean rock band Hollow Jan. The album was released on 10 March 2014 through Dope Entertainment.<ref name=10asia1>{{cite news |title=아듀! 2014, 결산 요주의 30음반 ① 당신의 가슴을 움직인 음반들|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000063359 |last1=Kwon |first1=Seokjeong |access-date=2023-10-15 |work=10Asia |date=2014-12-23 |language=ko}}</ref>
== Background == After the success of their debut studio album Rough Draft in Progress released in 2006, they went on hiatus. After that, it was re-united for the live club Sam's last concert before closing, ''20002011'' in 2011, and with this opportunity, they recorded their second album.<ref name=10asia2>{{cite news |title=요주의 10음반, 세상 밖으로 오래 기다려줘서 고마워요|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000028982 |last1=Kwon |first1=Seokjeong |access-date=2023-10-15 |work=10Asia |date=2014-04-04 |language=ko}}</ref> The album is a concept album about death, and it tells different stories of death throughout from ''Day 0'' to ''Day 7''.<ref name=mediatoday>{{cite news |title=음악을 통해 증언하고 공감하는 것, 이것이 음악이다|url=https://www.mediatoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=115291 |last1=Seo |first1=Jeongmingab |access-date=2023-10-15 |work=Media Today |date=2014-03-15 |language=ko}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = IZM | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="izm">{{cite web |title=Day Off - IZM |url=http://www.izm.co.kr/contentRead.asp?idx=25892&bigcateidx=1&subcateidx=3&view_tp=1&view_sort=1 |last1=Lee |first1=Kiseon |website=IZM |access-date=2023-10-15 |date=May 2014 }}</ref> }}
Lee Kiseon of IZM reviewed "Hollow Jan broke down typicality and built the result with a strong commitment to the genre and a belief in the message."<ref name="izm"/> The member of the selection committee for the Korean Music Awards Lim Heeyoon nominated the album for best rock album, describing it as "An album like an auditory detail depicting a tumult on the verge of extinction."<ref name="kma">{{Cite web|url=https://koreanmusicawards.com/project/%ed%95%a0%eb%a1%9c%ec%9a%b0%ec%9e%b0-day-off/|title=할로우잰 [Day Off]|website=Korean Music Awards|language=ko|access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |+ !Publication !List !Rank !Ref. |- |''Music Y'' |Album of the Year of 2014 |8 |<ref name=musicy>{{cite news |title=할로우잰 (Hollow Jan) 『Day Off』|url=http://www.musicy.kr/?c=choice&s=1&gp=1&ob=idx&gbn=viewok&ix=4709 |last1=Kim |first1=Seongdae |access-date=2023-10-15 |work=Music Y |date=2007-12-20 |language=ko}}</ref> |}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 61:40 | title1 = Day 0: Purple Night | length1 = 1:33 | title2 = Day 1: Perfect Ending | length2 = 8:28 | title3 = Day 2: The Day Before | length3 = 13:21 | title4 = Day 3: The Day After | length4 = 10:56 | title5 = Day 4: Invitation of the Wind | length5 = 4:47 | title6 = Day 5: The Ugly Dancing of the Tramp Clown | length6 = 8:40 | title7 = Day 6: Return to Universe | length7 = 4:04 | title8 = Day 7: Poem of the Ocean | length8 = 9:51 }}
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Category:2014 albums Category:Hollow Jan albums Category:2010s Korean-language albums Category:2010s concept albums