Sentimental and sunshiny is a challenging combination to pull off, but Ang Bandang Shirley’s “Polygonal Graphs” has managed just fine. Clear, ringing guitar chords stroll through big-hearted melodies and C86 moments; the mood of wistful romance, a feel-good tickle completely bereft of cheap sentimentality and gimmicks. Credit Selena Galang for taking over the spotlight this time. The ‘60s-rooted pop jangle and Sarah Records-referencing breeziness of the track were the core appeal of Selena’s former and current side projects, Candyaudioline and Slow Hello, in which she tailors soaked and sugared to Shirley’s deceptively simple pop-rock dynamics, smoothly as though cool air is rustling through and ready to take you to its wings.

“Polygonal Graphs” is included on Ang Bandang Shirley’s latest album, Tama Na Ang Drama, which you can purchase at Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street and online: on iTunes and on http://wideeyedrecordsmanilashop.bigcartel.com/. It’s also part of Erasing Memories, a free online compilation curated by Vandals On The Wall and SEA Indie. You can download the mixtape here: http://vandalsonthewall.com/erasingmemoriesmixtape/

Ang Bandang Shirley - Polygonal Graphs

If what we’ve heard from the new Theories of Sweetness single “Pawprints” is any indication, it seems that Sassja Cucueco and John Malferrari Uy won’t be abandoning their dreamy electro-pop confection anytime soon. And it doesn’t take them long to adopt a trademark sound that weaves together layers of smeared, gauzy triphop beats with water-rippling electronics. It’s theirs alone; the distinct beauty of it poured into fluid soundscapes with crisp percussive details placed somewhere in the buildup, carefully laced as if it were the last few strands to that pertinent sonic connection.  

Theories of Sweetness - Pawprints

Just when the local blogosphere needed something transcendent and beautiful to fixate on, Ephesus returned in time for the right opus: a sonic odyssey that gradually builds into an otherworldly, trance-like sprawl. As ambitious as it may ring, their new single “Coyke” derives much of its musical pleasure in sentiments that are universally understood, much like a beautiful death immortalized in an epic song. The swirl and slow movements, the sighing vocal harmonies that melt in surface just as it submerges from the teeming ambient-rock arrangements, the blustery climax; all of it reaching for the infinity, the gleeful solitude among other things. In the grand scheme of things, this is how you pay tribute to a friend’s death: an excavation of a final hymn amidst all the recollection.

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Ephesus - Coyki

In a year saturated with disposable bedroom-electro acts and post-rock fetishists, Gaijin carry the torch of in-your-face garage rock like it never went passé. Soaked in sweat and somewhat battered in the middle of a crowd mosh, they’re a living proof that the best moments in life can be found lingering in guitar-wielding theatrics that recall Iggy Pop and The Stooges, or in a more contemporary aspect, The Black Keys. 

“Just Like This” attests to this teeth-shivering revival: a catchy glam-rock affair driven by sharp, witty lyrics and tight guitar riffs.  It’s an edgier and thornier Gaijin minus the 21st century hipster posturing, and it never falters too much on the heavy side just to prove a point. What gives the song’s charge is the unassuming youthful passion in itself—sleazy and menacing at once, but never afraid to show the primal beast within. Get behind the noise and blast this on full volume.

Gaijin - Just Like This

I'm looking at ceiling
And count the days that have gone by
before we see you

Can't wait to look right at your face
And tell you that We're leaving
and then come back that soon

Exit, through the numbered gates
A chance that we would have to take
no choice on destinations

Let's take the chance and leap for faith
knowing that we'll never know
which way to go, follow the flow
and go

We've landed on a city
And count the steps that we have made
places that we've just discovered

Can't wait to look right at your face
And tell you that We're leaving
and then come back that soon

Business Class - Order Of The Day

Techno Sound Collage, mit einem Text von Llewellyn Reichman

ZEITEN

Sound Design for the performance META.2.0 by Llewellyn Reichman

LOST.META.2.0

Luna Shadows, In.Drip. - Palm Springs [Jper Remix]

From the album "Natural Habitat" out 11/13/20 via Zoom Lens
Get the vinyl here: https://www.zoom-lens.org/natural-habitat

Lyrics:

CHORUS:
So in love with you
I don't know what to do
If what you say is true
My heart beats only for you
(x2)

In the morning I
Would check if you’ve been calling
I get a rush when I think about you
Further falling
For my understated, regulated subtle charm
A dash of playful conversation won’t do you no harm

And it’s been going well
We’re late into the night
Should catch some sleep
But I’m not going down without a fight
Oh darling, can’t you tell
That this is all going right
If you don’t make a move in 20 seconds 
I just might

CHORUS

I see you hesitating
You could be so frustrating

But what am I to do
When you’re taking too long
Thinking
I will wait for you
Oh I’m proving you wrong
No
You still don’t have a clue
I’m thinking dinner for two
With you

Business Class - Order Of The Day

Order Of The Day

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