Urbandub releases 6th album 'Esoteric' after 4 years

MANILA, Philippines - It took four years before rock band Urbandub released their sixth album “Esoteric.”

Aside from having a nationwide tour last year, two of its members, vocalist Gabby Alipe and bassist Lalay Lim went through a milestone in their lives.

Gabby recently became a father, while Lalay got married.

Esoteric means, “knowledge shared only by selected (people).”

While the band believes that they have an average popularity among other OPM bands, they say they made this album for “the selected people who knows us,” or, in short, their avid fans.

Meanwhile, this album is different from their previous five albums because “the new album is mas masaya,” Gabby described Friday, September 20, during their album launch.

“It took us a long time to record the new album, so maraming naipon na finally nalabas namin when we were in the studio.”

Aside from their personal growth, Gabby also believes that the years they were together contributed a lot to the making of the album.

“Mas maganda na ang chemistry namin as a band, mas kilala na namin ang isa’t isa kaya it’s a much fun album.”

But what really is the secret to the band’s thirteen years’ stay in the industry?

The guitarist John Dinopol immediately replied, “personal space,” which made everyone laugh.

Then he adds “for as long as we know that we still love music, as long as we find this fun and this is still fun. So we’re still here.”

Now that their album is finally released, Gabby hopes that their fans would feel the “love, renewal, and hope,” that they would like to send out through the songs in their latest album.

Here is Esoteric’s track list:

1. Stars Have Aligned

2. Hover

3. Never Will I Forget

4. Dim the Headlights

5. Cold Hearted

6. When Love Is Not An Answer

7. Sleight of Hand

8. Between the Earth & Sky

9. Mantra

10. The Burning Taste