“Lamán” is an encouraging portent of things to come. It tells us, listeners from the ‘90s—but also beyond that—that these guys aren’t out to recycle old motifs and rest on old laurels. You’ve probably heard the news. Unlikely collaborators Melody del Mundo (erstwhile singer for Sugar Hiccup), Wolf Gemora (former drummer for Wolfgang), and guitar [...]
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‘La Bulaqueña’ is No Cosplay, History Homework, or Time-Machine Piece; It’s Orange & Lemons’ Stab at Scholarship
Bulacan’s choice Anglophiles investigate the kundiman, alternating between reverential and iconoclastic, simultaneously familiar and deconstructive, and we’re all the better for it. I’m always a bit skeptical of thematic material, and even more so when it involves archaic forms. So when I started hearing odds and ends from O&L’s fourth proper record, ‘La Bulaqueña,’ I [...]