Liyab to Light You Up
by Kevin Calderon on August 25, 2010
Tracklist: Intro, Bitag, Radio, Gatilyo, False Hopes, Blinded, Nightingale, Sulyap, Down and Turbulence
You’ve got a gigantic library stashed in your iTunes, and you’d think that your usual playlist would get you through the day. But as you trudge along to school, you find out that your songs actually work better as midnight lullabies—only the sun’s still up. The audiophiliac in you says otherwise: you’re just dying for refreshing sounds.
Well, wake up and smell the ashes. Lo and behold, Paramita’s back with their third album Liyab to set your ears ablaze.
Rooting its origins back to 2003, Paramita has managed to crank up its revolution as a three-piece rock band up until now. Despite its rapid growth, Paramita still chooses to remain independent for the sake of retaining its image.
Paramita’s spread of musical effort among all of its the members makes them unconventional to the rest of the bands out there. At present, the band is composed of Alsey Cortez on the bass, Marco De Leon on the guitar and Ria Bautista on the drums and vocals (yes, that’s a girl on the drums!).
Faithful to Paramita’s distinguishing rock style, Liyab boasts 10 original tracks. This is a rare piece of good news for the Filipino music faithful—OPM has just gotten better, and the only thing to do is to air-guitar all night.
Liyab revolves around the highs and lows of romance from start to finish. It’s a theme common in the band’s previous albums, but Paramita turns things around by substituting mushiness with intensity instead. Liyab might come off though as angsty to some listeners, but that’s not particularly a bad thing, because this roller coaster of an album is truly one of the most honest pieces of music you’ll ever hear.
My only downbeat remark is the album’s a tad too short. With only 10 tracks on record, the length may leave audiophiliac’s hunger for music in shambles.
If you haven’t heard of Paramita, then I weep for you. No worries though— the album was just launched this month, and is already available in Odyssey stores nationwide. Time’s still young for you to catch up before the hype skyrockets higher than it already has.
With that said, Liyab is definitely an embodiment of perfection. Paramita once again manages to come out better with each release.
