KOLORCOASTER

Maki drops his debut album, and for my 800th review I wanted to shine some support to the Philippines!

Namumula - You get this instant rock coming red all right out for you in full speed; and we are actually really stoked on what is about to happen. This track provides some cheesy, yet also some really engaging, intimate, and fantastic storytelling that albeit pretty basic, felt very refreshing in the pretty dense Filipino industry. Maki polymerizes some of that cool, neat rock into this pop ... read more

Fav tracks: Namumula, Dilaw

For an album named KOLORCOASTER, it feels more like a cozy car ride for me instead. It is both the record's strength and weakness, since his boy-next-door approach on his vocal delivery and songwriting really drives the songs forward, hence the appeal he's received by the public so far. The lyrics are modest, albeit cheesy at times and the sounds are nice but not much enough to really highlight aside from how they compliment well with his vocal color. I ... read more