Estrella

It's been like what, 3 weeks since I last updated? It's been hectic la, with all the schoolwork and stuff, not to mention I have writer's block =( Sigh, it's a problem that plagues me all the time... But let's put that aside for the time being.
Let me introduce a band that have made it into the airwaves with their song 'Stay' quite recently - ESTRELLA!!!Actually, they were formed 2 years ago (I got this info off their blog... I didn't realise they were already around for quite some time) and they were a hit with their song 'Take it Slow'. Estrella has that bossa-nova influenced kinda sound to it (if you're wondering what it means, you have to listen to their songs to truly understand). Umm, kinda like those jazz-type songs that you would hear in pubs and jazz lounges. As you can see from the picture above, its the cover of their debut album, titled Estrella. I just bought their album(yes, the original one in fact. I'm not kidding, no pirated ones! =P) today only, so I'm trying out all ten of their songs.
Of the ten songs offered in the album, my most favourite ones are 'Stay' and 'Take it slow'. 'Stay' is very upbeat and it's very energetic compared with the other songs. 'Take it slow' has a slower tempo to it, but the vocals makes the song enjoyable. There are songs that are sung in Malay as well, such as 'Ternyata' and 'Masih'. I have to admit though, that some of the songs are just too DANG slow!!! I mean, it reminds of of Norah Jones, with that slow, surreal kinda feel. However, being a local band that happens to sing English with a splash of Malay, they are giving the Malaysian music scene a facelift (if not, then at least a botox injection into the wrinkly face of local music industry). Enough noisy, not to mention SUCKY, malay rock songs and cliched love songs that just reach its saturation point de! Hence, I will show my support for them! Me buying their album has become a testament to that!
Oh ya, the lead singer was also one of the reason I'm all for Estrella. I dunno about you, but I think she's kinda cute =) For those who are interested to know (if you are not, you can just keep it to urself, Haters!!!), her name is Liyana.















My first impression of her was that she's Chinese. First impressions are usually wrong.