Your Imaginary Friends

You have probably heard that if you pop in the Metro Manila-based quarter Your Imaginary Friends' first EP named "One Dreamy Indeterminate Hum" released September 2010 on your car's stereo, you'd get good driving music while braving the unpredictable traffic flow of the Metro. To a certain extent that might be true. But if you pay closer attention and get into the meat of the music, you'd know that what they play is a testament of what indie pop/rock is all about. The kind they dish out sounds like something along the lines of Death Cab for Cutie, The Strokes, The Smiths and Joy Division all thrown in a single brew. Think of jangling and melodic guitar riffs with the appropriate bass lines to thicken the soup, righteous drum beats and a sprinkle of keyboards to sweeten the deal. Now marry that music to honest lyrics that almost anyone can relate to, written in a simple yet devilishly catchy way, and you get YIF's flavor. They have come a long way from the email digital music project between frontman Ahmad Tanji and drummer Eric Po. YIF already earned nods when they began playing around the circuit. Many who had seen or heard them play will attest that they are indeed something. Who else can use the word "patintero" in an English song—and get away with it before rewiring your head to make the lines "I just miss you" an instant LSS? A few months after the EP's launch, the band released their first music video for the single "Oh, Liza", which poked fun on 80’s poorly produced talk shows. That and other bootleg performances of unreleased material uploaded by fans on the ever-popular Youtube has kept the music scene anticipating what the band has in store for us next. http://yourimaginarymusic.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.