For Tracy Hyde are from Tokyo. I previously posted their song called Underwater Girl that came out in 2020.
As I mentioned the band recently split up, unfortunately and I only discovered them about a year ago. I think a lot of their stuff is fantastic. Some of their tracks give me that tingle of excitement that I still get from finding something I really like.
I just saw this video for the first time and wanted to share it. It’s from their final album, Hotel Insomnia
Lucky you! Are you from Manila? Any good bands fun there you recommend?
Yup I’m from Manila. There is a dreampop/shoegaze scene here but unfortunately I’m out of the loop so I’m the wrong person to ask. If you’re curious, Furiosa organizes a lot of Filipino shoegaze shows. They’re furiosasound on both IG and FB. In one show I remember watching Sleepwalk Circus. https://youtu.be/FTCQbYRuRnc
Ben & Ben is a more mainstream folk rock band but I like some of their songs, especially their collaborations. https://youtu.be/lajkFB4Zeug Lunod is about drowning (whether it be debt, depression, etc) while being invalidated by the people around you.
https://youtu.be/yaGmwtpOyV0 Kapangyarihan (power) was an anti-Marcos song. There’s a lyric video with English translations. But yeah the M/V links the deaths during the martial law era to Duterte’s drug war and Marcos carries on that unfortunate torch. When Marcos won, I was furious and I played this song on loop.
Locally Ben & Ben is more known for their unrequited love songs, which locals eat up. They’ve done a few international tours and I think they’re deffo a group to keep an eye out on.
I’m a massive sucker for dark post-punk and anything goth-adjacent, so I like The Late Isabel, but they haven’t been active for a while. https://youtu.be/l0wpvbO26Go
Thank you!