Along with his actual beverage, Raymund Marasigan was swilling down the rhymes and rhythms of rap act Skarm: always an appreciative man despite his stature, always the sort to savor good work and not merely wolf it down, no matter the source. “Tapusin ko lang si Skarm, ha,” he said when I asked for a few minutes of his time, his head still mildly bobbing despite his distance from the sound source, dancing without dancing, in place but never stationary. As soon as the duo was up, he reemerged, equally eager about some other band’s new music: the Eraserheads’, a sort of wily phantasm that has evaded its fans and, well, the band itself for over a decade. I mean, everything’s coming up roses now, but the quartet did break up, and a teary reassembly wasn’t going to materialize right after “graduation.” Hindsight and the passing of time were luxuries then, but they are within reach and much needed now. A wordless penance, or maybe even shared wordlessness itself, was a requisite prelude. And now we have this: a band that, though not reunited, has played shows here and abroad; a foursome that has, ultimately, mended whatever needed mending. Fans weren’t asking for anything more. News of new material from them, then, was received like the cure for some incurable malady.
via “They Sound ‘Now’”: Raymund Talks New E-Heads Tracks (And More); Unmissable!.
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