06:52: recently discovered sound (what am i, deaf?), a local group that plays some pretty darn good music. i first heard about them at sanctum. wanted to watch them but, like all sanctum-based gigs, i can never find anyone to go with me. that, plus getting out of the walled city is always a problem.
sound plays a funky, jazzy bossa nova, bordering on pop. think jamiroquai, minus vocalist jason kay, plus duncan sheik. songs are very urban. the album starts with a creepy low tone which turns out to be a busina ng bus. or was it a barko? they have one tagalog track, which i rather like very much. it uses simple words, nothing i have to look up in a filipino dictionary. neither extremely introspective, nor silly radio-friendly. it's somewhere in the perfect middle of it all, with an infectious groove that's bound to keep your head bobbing and/or your foot tapping. most songs have the same mood.
so far, all i've heard is their cd, which isn't bad at all. but i've been wanting to see them live. heard from a friend that they also play at monk's dream. this friend, who owns a car and lives nearby, apparently likes hanging out at monk's dream and is constantly looking for someone to hang with. so i guess it won't be long before i see these guys live. lucky me. 
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