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By Rome Jorge Lifestyle, Editor
Not a lot of people get what punk
is. Not the young kids who worship Emo (meaning “emotive” punk)
bands of today simply because they weren’t born yet when Talking
Heads, the Ramones or the Clash defined the genre in the 1970s or
when Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie prefigured the music in the
1960s or even when Nirvana finally broke through the mainstream in
1990s. Not the Mohawk-haired leather-garbed youths who rehash museum
piece stereotypes of the subculture. But Edible Smoke Recess does.
They even get Emo right.
Their song “Bus Ride” rocked
the airwaves courtesy on NU 107.5 and its many listeners who
requested it. The rest of their album doesn’t disappoint either.
Heavily influences by Nirvana as well as local punk greats such as
Philippine Violators and Wuds, their music bears the attitude of
Sonic Youth and Helmet but without the overbearing seriousness. This
is music that a rocker can truly enjoy. “My Emo Song” with
verses such as “Who’s gonna sing my song, hum it along, when
I’m gone?” combines catchy hooks, brawny guitars and
hurt-so-good drums and plaintive and pained vocals with ironic
witticism. These guys are tight. They know when to hold back and let
their sensitivity show and when to blow you away with raging rock.
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