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Night Festival: Lunarin at Substation

Posted by Skylar at Sunday, July 18, 2010 | 0 confessed

July 17, Substation - The Night Festival, happens two nights-yearly to celebrate Singapore’s arts and heritage district located at the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Management University, Peranakan Museum and Substation. I took the second night and head to Substation. My mission was to worship the Unholy Trinity, Lunarin.
It has been two years since their last performance at the Waterfront, Esplanade. Now, ready to release their second full length album, Duae, the band gears up for a series of gigs waiting to unleash in the coming months.
Substation has changed their balcony venue to a not so appropriate place for audiences. The band was to play at the theater room without the audience inside. Instead we were made to watch from the alley way looking through a hole in the wall at the side of Substation. The band began playing after midnight. A slight delay from soundcheck and the previous band. All the wait was worthwhile when I could see bassist, Linda Ong and guitarist, Ho Kah Wye. Linda joked about no drummer playing tonight. Just a very cheap and good drum machine. "Bitch" was the response the drum machine made.
First song, "The Inquisition" wasn't a familiar song to me. It should be their first time playing it live. The song stretches to a nine-minutes long and the screechy chorus is something new compared to Linda's feminine vocal style from the previous releases.
The set went on with some old favorites such as "Dry", "Silverpiece" and "The Tower". Also new tracks such as "Midas", Serpentine" and my personal favourite, "Red". Halfway through "Midas", a venue crew told us to get into the theater room because of the rain. Finally up close with the band and revealing the man behind the drums. Loo Eng Teck, the well-toned drummer plays with such admiration. It would be a waste if we were stuck outside the whole set without seeing how he played.
Ho Kah Wye, Loo Eng Teck & Linda Ong
At about half passed one in the morning, the band ended. Merchandise of old and new tee shirts were sold and also their debut album, "Chrysalis". Fans were then able to greet them outside the venue.
The band has improved so much after so many times I have seen them. I have been following them almost every gig they performed since their debut album and it has never been a disappointment let it be acoustic or live. Lunarin is a very well crafted Singaporean band you must experience it yourself. They will be playing their next show at Homeclub on the 13th of August alongside, Zero Sequence and In Each Hand A Cutlass. For more information please visit: myspace.com/lunarin.
puresinner is pleased to be able to record the whole set and hopes to continue the same untill the end of days.

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