ESKAPO PILIPINAS TOUR JAN. 2009!!!

The other day, I got a Myspace message from Rupert of ESKAPO asking me about the posssibility of playing some shows here January next year. I was shocked and terribly excited at the news. And now its official, our brothers in ESKAPO will finally be playing in their native homeland for the first (and hopefully not the last time!) time ever. This is taken from their Myspace Blog:

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Eskapo in the Philippines Jan. 2009

Category: Music

To promote our new 4 way split on Take Four Collective and Delusion of Terror records in the Philippinesand for some of us to return to our country of birth, Eskapo is returning to the Philippines to play shows in the first 2 weeks of January 2009.

Take Four Collective and Delusion of Terror Records have kindlyreleased a four way split with Eskapo and La Grita from CaliforniaKillratio from Manila and Istukas over Disneyland from Pampangga.Personally I am elated to share space with the afforementioned bands.

No words can describe the anxiety and excitement we feel.To play with bands we have listened to for years and never met in person , to see our families , friends and loved ones living and dead.They say that you can never go home but we are ,after years of playing in the U.S. (the bay area respectively) and singing about issues that affect our homeland in our first language ,we will finally play in the country to the people that inspired the majority of our songs.

xxx

Their two self-released albums are still available from Take-4 Collective. Check out the link on the right. For more info on Eskapo, check out:

http://www.myspace.com/eskapo

For an interview I conducted with Rupert of Eskapo last summer, check out the older posts and downloads the Take-4 Collective newsletter number 2.

This is the shit to watch out for. To listen to some tracks, check out the T4 myspace again...

Good stuff: Bar exams this September (it's nice to see others going through the hell I went thru last year..hehe), vegetarian spring rolls, sisig, etc...

Bad stuff: the fuckin' heat! Isn't it supposed to be raining today??

Currently rocking to: Dead Pits 'The Way We Are', Discarga 'Happy Night Electric Experience', Extortion 'Sick'