Rivermaya release first new music in five years, the '80s-tinged single ‘Casino'
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- 10 May 2022
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Veteran Filipino rockers Rivermaya have released their first new music since 2017, the ’80s-tinged post-punk tune ‘Casino’.
Ending a five-year break after releasing their sixth studio album ‘Sa Kabila ng Lahat’, the band released ‘Casino’ on streaming platforms on May 7 alongside a music video. ‘Casino’ is about a love affair that blooms into a full-blown romance, with the music video depicting two strangers who meet at a speakeasy before dancing the night away together with abandon.
In a statement, lead vocalist and drummer Mike Escueta shared that the single is also the “first Rivermaya track with a four-on-the-floor feel all throughout”. Written before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, Escueta discovered the files for the chorus, lyrics and melody of the track in his digital cloud, reworking the track and laying down a rough arrangement before moving on to the vocals.
The band worked on the song remotely, with Escueta mixing and co-producing the single with musician-friend Paulo Zarate at Studio Z in Quezon City, Metro Manila while vocalist/guitarist Mike Elgar recorded his guitar tracks at home. Vocalist/guitarist Nathan Azarcon also worked on the remaining components of the song remotely, making the track one that Rivermaya had never jammed on before recording it.
Rivermaya plan to parlay their creative momentum into “an album’s worth of songs” in the near future, Escueta reveals, though there was no confirmation of a new album in the band’s statement. “It’s been five years so we really miss putting out new music,” he shared, adding, “It looks like we are gonna be able to do this a lot more often this year.” Read More…
