Divergent music.

I'm not such a big fan of OPM (Original Pilipino Music) but there are artists out there which I think should get a big recognition from others and particularly, Filipinos. Based from my taste of music, they've been satisfying my taste buds ever since I started hearing their masterpieces and I figured that I should share some of them here.


1.) Maryzark

These guys are worthy for this spot. Usually, I don't like hearing OPM artists singing tagalog songs because they project the same worn-out images over and over and over again. Suddenly, I remembered that I purchased my first ever PULP magazine and read a review about them and their EP Return To Sender and then BANG! (laughs). Try hearing the song KAI (Kung Ako Ikaw) it contains an atmosphere of being alternative, a sprinkle of emo-ness and a little spice of  hardcore and plus they are using tagalog lyrics...




" Mahalin mo nalang kahit kunwari
Dalangin niyang makatingin sa langit
Naubos na ang sandali ng buhay niya
Kasing gulo ng isang
Pelikulang wala namang istorya
Natapos nang ikaw nalang ang bida
Di manlang nasabi na
Mahal na mahal mo siya... "

this made an exception to the songs that I usually listen to. Other songs that are worth to hear are "My Sweetest Enemy", "Suko" , "Andromeda" and my favourite lullaby from them "Ssshh..."




2. ) Mr. Bones & the Boneyard Circus

We all know foreign bands having their own edgy styles like Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy etc. but you probably didn't know that we also have ours! This band is having an edge in the underground music industry for having somewhat like a horror, fantasy and zombie-esque kind of image (how's that for a change?). Bones del Rosario along with other members really got me going when I first heard their cover of Seal's Kiss from a Rose (OST of Batman Forever)...




"Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on they gray.
Ooh, the more I get you, the stranger it feels yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the moon from the gray..."

and then I started hearing their other songs from then on. Other songs that you should hear from them are "Go Go Dance", "Twisted Boy", "Haunted Wonderland".




3.) Franco

I know they've been in a lot of shows and concerts and I also know that they are smoothly spreading their independent name from the underground scene. Franco reyes along with the other known members are dining with fame and respect. No wonder they've decided to make a super group, because they already knew from the start that they would achieve something more than just making alternative and reggae music... ----a hybrid! From all the singles that topped the charts, "Song for the Suspect" is my fave...



"Another new day to
understand as much as we can
as much as we can understand
our love
We're high everywhere
We float in the air
We smoke and we float in the air of love..."




other awesome songs that are worth the hear are "Cast Away", "This Gathering", Stupid Me" and "Touch the Sky".




4.) Somedaydream

I'm very neutral when it comes to music. From Classic Symphonies of Beethoven down to     the soul-steaming depths of heavy metal's Black Sabbath. I'm quite sure that in between those poles lies a lighter side of art. Pop music is one of those things that talks about people in general. It could be about love, despair, frustration, dreams, or even life itself. Pop is modernized nowadays through the use of technology and thus the genre synthpop now exists. This guy, Rez Toledo, is one of the many artists that you could think of when it comes to OPM mainstream success. Somedaydream may be a simple name to construct but  it really made a remarkable peak in the OPM industry more particularly, the teenagers. "Sing this Song", my first favourite hit from his has caught my attention through it's jumpy beat and pleasant lyrics...




"And I'm leaving on a jet plane.
For all I know when I get back
You won't be there to kiss me
Won't you miss me..."




check out his other chart hits like collaboration project "Tuloy", "Delivery Boys", and his first top single "Hey, Daydreamer".




5.) Typecast

I've been admiring their music since the launch of their independent first album until their 4th present album. They've been known a lot because of their emo appeal and post-hardcore influence to their fans and not just in the Philippines but also in other foreign countries in and outside of Asia. These Pioneers of music are sometimes mistaken by others as an American band. They also reigned in Singapore and Malaysia to be labelled as one of the most influential rock band of South East Asia. I've been listening lately to "Kono Yakusoku" (which means "This Promise" in English).




"Plant my eyes onto the ground
And I will never make a sound
'Cause this is something I believe
That you'll be coming home to me..."




I would personally say that this is my favourite band and so I would recommend you to hear more endearing songs from them like "Last Time", "Clutching" ,"Will You Ever Learn", "Boston Drama" and a serenading song called "When The Sky Starts Falling".

... I think that wraps it all up for now. I'll be checking other artists soon so stay tuned! :)






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