Dear Khalifa, an alternative/post-hardcore band from Manila shared their first album ‘A Selfless Love; A Selfless Me’ with 8 tracks on Thursday morning, February 14, Valentine’s Day.
1. A Selfless Love; A Selfless Me
This track refers to falling to someone with an ‘unconditional love’ to offer together with hopeless romantic-driven feeling. This track was created and derived from track #2 “Get Drunk On Sad Love Songs”. The song has a slow & fast beat patterns together with harmonies of guitars. While listening, try to look up the sky and feel the song.
2. Get Drunk On Sad Love Songs
This song is written by the vocalist of the band with words in this song that sums up the situation of why, how & when does a love story ends. The song indicates the most commonly part of being in a relationship; the moment you are scared of being left by whom you love most. The song is partially acoustic and full band. Listen to this song while watching a night sky or city lights with only the song in background.
3. Love Someday
This song is written mostly by the lead guitarist of the band and partially with the vocalist. This song is about two parts: a “Love” that is waiting and a “Love” that will begin soon. Though there’s a twist happened in the bridge part wherein the actor of the song said “And the moment I said I need you now” which expressed how he longs to the girl. The song has an upbeat drum patterns.
This song is written by the vocalist himself and arranged by the whole band. This song was written by the vocalist pertaining to anyone who’s been bruised and scarred for the sake of love. As the chorus says ‘There it goes your heart’s giving up as all your boat starts sinking and knees on the ground’ is about how the person in the song slowly sinking and starting to be devoured by his/her hardships in this world. The song has a breakdown beats and slow-rock tempo combined with riffs and guitar interludes.
5. Untold
“This song is written by the lead guitarist himself and arranged by the band. This song contains of words expressing how he is so deeply inloved with the person pointing out in the song (his girlfriend). The song has a groovy mood and cheesy lyrics.
#6. In My Arms
This song is written by our lead guitarist and arranged by the band. This song is about of two hearts fell apart a long time ago and the person in the song’s feelings. This song has an up beat drum patterns.
This song is written by the vocalist and arranged by the band. This song pertains to a failed love story that the character in the song ended up ‘broken again, falling again’. Just like the chorus says ‘We could ever build these memories? All I have is these feelings for you’. The song has an up beat and fast drum patterns.
This song is written by the vocalist himself and made some little arrangements by the rest of the band. As the title says, this song is about a love that is boundless like a countless stars in the sky. This song is dedicated to vocalist’s lover.
A Selfless Love; A Selfless Me is out everywhere for streaming and download.
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