Flirt up with EP album

Band name stands for "easy to get, easy to form and easy on the eardrums too," says bassist Carl. This also implies "easy-to-win friendship" that dates back when Carl and Mong were just young boys in same neighborhood in Sangi, Lapu-Lapu City.

It's piece of very good news that less than a year after their story "Flirt-ing with Scrap and Metal" found a space in the Entertainment section of this paper, Bisrock band Flirt has also joined contemporaries in releasing an Extended Play album.

If you're a certified Bisrocker and or Smasher, the line "panan-aw ug samin, tan-awang dagway mora gyud ka'g si Popeye" wouldn't be able to take a fade without you identifying Flirt.

In less than eight months, the song "Nailad (Nanghambog)" which made Flirt click over Smash-ing airwaves is the fifth of five songs in the EP album with the name of the band also for a title. "Nailad" lambasts a two-timer chick, "niadto ko's inyoha/nagtan-aw og teevee/nagstorya mong duha/nangilad ka, nanghambog ka/namutbot pa gyud ka…"

Julius "Edoy" Balbuena on vox, Armin "Mong" Yaun on lead guitar, Carl Michael "Car-car" Geverola on bass, Pedro "Junie" Querubin on drums, and Jovanny "Gogo" Trinidad on guitar and vox collaborated to give a shape to all five compositions.

These Lapu rocking studs formed Flirt June of last year. Band name stands for "easy to get, easy to form and easy on the eardrums too," said Carl. This also implies "easy-to-win friendship" that dates back when Carl and Mong were just young boys in same neighborhood in Sangi, Lapu-Lapu City. Junie was pitched into the picture after one of their previous members got stuck with issues about his marriage to a Muslim chick (details off the record). Since Junie and Mong are baseball players back then, they already shared a rapport that convinced the former to dabble playing with "Flirt" on drums, aside from his beating-bashing stint on the high hat of another band, "Restless".

Last July 25, Flirt already had written four songs. And that time I could remember very well when the five said they were not solved with the idea of coming up with an EP album. Instead, they said they would concentrate on completing six other song materials to be able to launch an album to the theme of "Scrap and Metals".

The working title was interesting and it's now a question as to why they didn't pursue what could have been a reflection of their efforts undertaken to be able to record their songs. Newayz, there'll be time to discuss Flirt's sudden change of plans.

Last year Carl shared, "Kinahanglan pa mi manimbang og scrap para lang makatigom para matuman among damgo nga maka-record." Mong averred by showing scars on the base of his left index finger. "Mao ni proof nga sige mi og panit og bronse para naay ikapatimbang, para naay money kay mga pobre intawon mi nga gusto maka-album," he said.

Last week, the Flirt EP album was born, hitting the target of release before the end of the first quarter. Songs are expected to mirror the musical influences of Kamikazee, Incubus, Sandwich, Mayonnaise, Urbandub, Blink 182, Typecast and Eraserheads.

Down memory lane, Flirt was adjudged first runner-up in the "Jam Ta Bai!" Battle of Bands held during the Lapu-Lapu City fiesta celebration, against 21 other top bands in said city.

"Naka-P2,000 mi nya nindot kaayo to kay naka-record gyud mi. Mao nang na-pass namo sa Smash ang Nailad for screening," Carl said.

But it was also learned by this writer that before "Nailad" struck the lanes with its dissing, bashing, bumming content, there was already "Somehow" written by Mong and is laden with grief for the loss of loved ones.

When listened to for the first time, one would get a feel that this song is dedicated to a sweetheart: "My friend, I lost my girl/I don't know why she's going away/I send this letter and after all/there's no reply for me/I miss you so much…"

He related that the song is about his mother who passed away July the other year, few months ahead of his brother who also succumbed to cancer the other December.

Flirt underlined that "Palaaway" is about the inevitable existence of war freaks, of people who prefer spats, quick to pick a fight, rather than uphold the spirit of tolerance. And that they are hoping characters utilized in its storyline wouldn't only be reflective of certain individuals in our midst, but also of leaders and ideologies, systems of government and religions, as well as unfair economic policies and labor practices that trigger conflict.

Other songs are Sabaw and Demalas. Flirt the EP album is sold at P50 a copy. For orders/bookings, text or call 0915-8360319 or 0920-4765673 or 09196011831 and landline 3424568. Visit purevolume.com/flirts. Add friendster account: flirt_band @yahoo.com.