Fave Singles of 2022!
In the final days of 2022, we got talking with Yudi @partanx (@settlemusic @sourmilkclub @_veinn@comfortcrush icecreamattack) about the tsunami of fresh alternative music currently emerging out of bedrooms, off the streets and playing in sweaty small venues. Yuri feels the foundations of the present scene can be traced back to 2015/2016 when Jangar, Rollfast and Zat Kimia were smashing new paths, and now the wave is unstoppable.
Yep, Bali’s alternative renaissance has arrived. New fresh sounds are stepping up daily, and that’s what VOLCANO is all about! Here are our four fave singles from the last year!
Back in September, the VOLCANO studio received a message from @ardybolank “excira kapan masuk list di radio volcano bli? hehehee”. Our reply was “Errr dude, where have you been, EXCIRA were on the VOLCANO poster months ago, on May 30th!” - Yeh, Ardy may have missed his and Sari’s @sari_nymphea poster feature but the VOLCANO listeners hadn’t! EXCIRA’s @exciraofficial debut single “Gaslighter” is a monster, and one of VOLCANO’s most requested tracks of 2022!
VOLCANO first saw them live at PicaFest, then we checked them out up close at Loco, and we could hardly wait for the release of SOURMILK’s @sourmilkclub debut “Sick Girl”. Jess @jsc_st (vocals, guitar), Faiz @ijlalfaiz (guitar), Yudi Septyan @partanx (bass), and Noriz Kiki @noriz_kiki (drums) delivered BIG time. Bonus points for a young @bananacatfish staring on the cover art!
Have you ever looked at whom your favourite bands follow on Instagram? We do all the time; it gives us a bit of a feel as to who or what inspires them. A Balinese band that follows the Instagram accounts of New Order, David Bowie, The Cure, The Smiths and Duran-Duran certainly get our attention! Ben and Lilly are SUNDOWNERS @sundowners.id and their debut “I Don’t Care” is our CASIO fave of the year! We hadn’t even stopped dancing and then they did it again!
Singaraja’s fave alt-pop princess wins the prize for being on three VOLCANO posters in the space of five months! SHELLY TRISNA @shellytrisna, Dewarsa Sentosa @dwarsasentosa and Raditya Wijaya @radit_hwp brainwashed us - “Setitik Makna” is never going to leave our heads!
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