Join The Club, a fraternity of four twenty-something seniors, are recruiting OPM-loving listeners who'd want nothing more than to live and learn from the band's punk-rooted, a...
(more)Join The Club, a fraternity of four twenty-something seniors, are recruiting OPM-loving listeners who'd want nothing more than to live and learn from the band's punk-rooted, alternative pop confessions of sullied love. New initiates may have already been taken by the band's chart-climbing hit, "Nobela" which is hungrily devouring air time on FM radio stations across the country. "At aalis/ magbabalik/ at uulitin sabihin/ na mahalin ka't sambitin/ kahit muling masaktan" -they play it and the crowd watches -- not. During live performances, the crowd sings it even louder than Biboy Renia, 23-year old vocalist/guitarist. It has aptly become a Korea-novela ("A Love to Kill") theme song which is aired daily in a major TV station. SONGS The first radio hit is entitled "Lunes", where Renia sings about the fallout --the first day after the Sunday breakup. "Matatanggap ba ako/ kung magbabalik sa iyo/ sakit ng sinapit ay/ please 'wag nang magtampo/ wala man ako nagawa," sings Renia in his signature soprano, which is earnest rather than emo-whiny. It's a fresh, new approach; one that combines the band's affection for story-telling-adapted from the band's addiction to campy 70s rock (Hagibis, Cinderella, VST and Company)-with Beatle-esque/Beach Boy sounds, indie pop, and punk's subgenres. "It's upbeat, kasi punk-rooted. But its ironic because our songs are about love's fallouts," explains Biboy, whose eyes are hiding behind his dad's retro aviator shades. Adds Join the Club's giddy 21
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