{"id":242,"date":"2025-08-19T10:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2025-04-23T15:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T15:29:36","slug":"stretching-capacities-a-look-at-manila-based-band-up-dharma-downs-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Stretching Capacities: A Look at Manila-Based Band Up Dharma Down\u2019s New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maya Herras<\/p>\n

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Earphones on, volume up; Just a minute of listening to the first song on the CD and you\u2019ll already be hooked\u2014hungry to hear what else Up Dharma Down\u2019s Capacities <\/em>have in store.<\/p>\n

Four years after releasing Bipolar,<\/em> the award-winning Filipino rock band presented the public with their latest album last November 2012. Hundreds of fans lined up just to have their copies signed by UDD\u2019s members\u2014Armi Millare, Paul Yap, Ean Mayor and Carlos Tanada\u2014eager to listen to their fresh, new tracks.<\/p>\n

Capacities,<\/em> unlike the past two albums (Bipolar<\/em>, 2008 and Fragmented<\/em>, 2006), is less electric and more 80\u2019s synth-pop\u2014while preserving the band\u2019s signature sound.<\/p>\n

A good example of this is Turn it well<\/em>, the first track off the album, containing synth beats synchronized with several guitar riffs\u2014perfect for a long drive or for trips to the seaside.<\/p>\n

Luna<\/em>, Thinker <\/em>and Indak <\/em>are both relaxing from start-to-finish\u2014guaranteed to take the stress away after a long workday; while Night Drops <\/em>and Kulang \u00a0<\/em>both\u00a0 have an\u00a0 electric, clubby feel. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Tadhana, Parks <\/em>and Feelings<\/em> are full of heartfelt and beautifully written lyrics\u2014reaching out to relate to the listener, without losing their upbeat vibe.<\/p>\n

Up Dharma Down describes their new album as more \u201cradio-friendly\u201d\u2014being less of art and more of 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s pop.<\/p>\n

A few fans have said that they preferred more of UDD\u2019s electric, futuristic sound\u2014while most have described Capacities <\/em>as part of the band\u2019s maturity\u2014exploring more concepts and sounds rather than sticking to just one method. Either way, UDD has created yet another masterpiece\u2014being the definition of venturing into wider places, while keeping their feet on the ground.<\/p>\n

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Maya Herras   Earphones on, volume up; Just a minute of listening to the first song on the CD and you\u2019ll already be hooked\u2014hungry to hear what else Up Dharma Down\u2019s Capacities have in store. Four years after releasing Bipolar, the award-winning Filipino rock band presented the public with their latest album last November 2012. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focus-pacific.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}