NEW ALBUM ALERT: A New Strain EP - Gabby Alipe

Gabby Alipe is back with his post-Urbandub solo offering EP called A New Strain and it is just fitting, a fresh new start to another era. I kind of expected (I did hope for it) him to release his solo stuff after the disbandment because with a talent like his, the world deserve to know his genius.

And he never disappoints. 

The first single is called Visions and it felt different and yet familiar.

The lyrics:

With every little let down

I won't breakdown

I would tell myself

Hoping I can get out

With every little let down

I won't breakdown

Sooner or later, hope to find

my way out

Certain things will come along

And weigh down

But I take them in stride

Move them one at a time

'Cause, I think I'm better than this

Working on making my visions

come to exist

All in good time I guess

I'm gonna have it all

All in good time I guess

Believing that everything's

All in good time

All in good time I guess

I've taken all the wrong turns

I took the long way

Was finding reasons

And they're keeping me down

Certain things have come along

And I've found

I can take them in stride

Move them one at a time

"I should've known"

"I could've tried it"

Won't let these words control me anymore

All in good time

All in good time I guess

All in good time

Believing that everything's

All in good time

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I love how I felt connected with him through his music in a way and I am glad that he has not lost his magic with his lyricism. He still makes you think and ponder how the things around you work and it drives you to work on all those feelings that you bottled up. The positivism is being translated into the best way the he knows and that's through his music.

Sometimes we act on things on a whim and hope for the best outcome but things do not always end up the way we would have wanted it to and we found ourselves in the worst of the worst situations, the lowest of lows. And then there are visions: the realisation that the setup is temporary and the process may be longer than we are prepared for but it will be worth it as we work our way up in the end.

There's also this Tagalog song in the EP called Paalam and what a treat. It's probably the first time that he's sung a Tagalog song and it's all good.

A New Strain EP is available in all media form, also on the local record bar nearest you nationwide.