NARDA BANDA

my fascination for this band came quite a bit late. i happened to stumble upon their songs in multiply while i was browsing for stuff to put on my cheap 512Gb flashdrive. I downloaded Formika, their first album, which came after 2 EP's. it's easy to listen, lotsa synth, raw guitar, plus a kick-ass vocals. They've been around for about 5 years now. Ryan Villena (drummer) according to Wikipedia is a remnant of Tungaw. and there's Tani Santos the guitarist who replaced Wincy (whoever he is) is an active lister. The vocals is Katwo - cute name. Their influences according to their MYSPACE Profile are yeah yeah yeahs, sleater-kinney, le tigre, morningwood, sounds, ladytron, bikini kill, bis, bratmobile, the cure, franz ferdinand, the strokes, sonic youth, new order, etc..

I hate writing about facts on this blog. anyway, my first and most probably be my last encounter with NARDA in flesh was last year at the <5> lister's night in Saguijo. I remember i was a bit mesmerized watching Katwo with her megaphone shouting in a good tune, with those thick eyeliner and black boots, jumping like a pop-corn on a hot pot. really cool. i think rightafter then i added them up on my yahoogroup list. but i never opened until recently when at the height of my fascination Bernz told me they're disbanding because of these 3 main reasons: 1) their name is now a POP song more popular than them 2) the frequent change of line-ups (apparently they're getting tired of teaching every new member that comes along when someone leaves) 3) LESS breaks or opportunities. oh bugger. how sad. you can't really miss to appreciate their music when you hear it.

I have here a nice video of the band which i got from Narda's Myspace. Narda performing "Motolov" off their 2nd album which i heard is far more edgier and better - Discotillion. You can also visit them in their Multiply page if i got you really curious now. (;