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Moving Forward

by Decemberism

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1.
Blocking Trenches 02:40
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You're blocking all the trenches Barricade it with all the fences No one could ever go in Pursuing the last and another key While you can say farewell to me Or act like i didn't exist Back again in my reality Another boring and grieving story I wished you watched over me [I am blocking my own trenches] [Then I will let it overflow] [So you can see me into the current] [Starting the first step] [Lead my own self to the staircase] [Go up promising something] Back again in my reality Another boring and grieving story I wished you watched over me
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Falling Forward 04:14
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Disappear, I wish you disappear Cause there is no more running I am hiding Fading, I wish you are fading away, I've been fleeing * Afraid, I am always afraid As long as I can remember, I'm afraid Embrace, the words of "falling forward" Falling forward instead of failure ** I'll be fine I just live in the now There's always be another one I'll be fine I just live in the now There's always be another chance Back to * and ** No more afraid Falling forward Embrace the words
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Get Over 02:38
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Everyone Was walking While I was sitting In a couch of the park Everyone Always had a time to start Conversations about anything About anything Yet we never talked about Our friendship in the end There's a time where you and me Just sat starring at the phone Should I keep trying and breathing Instead of grieving and falling There's a time where i could see you I'll get over, over you [A heartbreak in the adolescent days] [We can have comfortable silence] [Pretend it's everything okay] [We always know what we've each other] [And I think it's okay I'll get over it]l Yet we never talked about Our friendship in the end There's a time where you and me Just sat starring looking in the eye Should I keep trying and breathing Instead of grieving and falling There's a time where I could see you I'll get over, over you..

about

Perkenalan saya dengan Decemberism pertama kali adalah dengan Lambang Akbar, salah seorang anggota Decemberism, tepatnya gitaris mereka yang sering nonton band di Malang walau kuliah di UPN Surabaya (talk about dedication). Kami jarang bercengkerama secara langsung, kecuali akhir-akhir ini di whatsapp. Kami pun saling kenal secara muka, seringnya saya mengunjungi gigs musik di Malang membuat orang cepat familiar. Dua lagu promo milik Decemberism dirilis sejak Februari 2018, dan jujur vokalnya yang out of tune parah menyita perhatian saya dari lick-lick guitar yang sebenarnya brilian, dan tentu sedikit midwest (lha wong doyanan saya).

Juni 2020, Decemberism mengumumkan rilisan baru mereka berjudul Moving Forward, sebuah EP digital tiga lagu yang berisi lagu-lagu berjudul Blocking Trenches, Falling Forward dan Get Over. Abiezar AP (vocals, guitar), Lambang Akbar R (guitar), Armand Maulana (bass) dan Wardanu Kurniawan (drums) berhasil membenahi dan menambal apa saja yang membuat Decemberism lemah secara musikal. Abiezar berhasil membenahi vokalnya dan tidak lagi out of tune. Walaupun dengan cengkok orang Indonesia banget yang sedang menyanyi, vokal Abiezar bisa menjadi ciri khas “Indonesian Vernacular” sama seperti Japanese Engrish yang unik itu, mungkin perlu pronounciation bahasa inggris sedikit dilatih agar tidak salah makna namun it’s all good. Yang saya pegang banget dari band ini sebagai jaminan kualitasnya yaitu departemen ritme pada drum dan bass yang dipegang berturut-turut oleh Wardanu dan Armand Maulana, serta gitar yang dipegang Lambang Akbar. Decemberism berani mengambil beat-beat ganjil dan flow yang tidak umum sebagaimana pendekatan yang diambil band-band emo-punk 90an di Amerika sana, sebut saja Casket Lottery, Jazz June, Pop Unknown atau yang baru-baru seperti Knuckle Puck, Citizen atau Basement.

Di departemen lirik, Decemberism juga mampu menyusun lirik bahasa inggris yang proper dan saya cukup nyaman mendengarnya, bahkan anxiety yang diutarakan bisa dengan mudah dicerna. Siapa yang tidak luluh dengan reff “No more afraid//Falling forward//Embrace the words” dari lagu Falling Forward atau “Should I keep trying and breathing//Instead of grieving and falling//There's a time where I could see you//I'll get over, over you” dari lagu Get Over, Kualitas bro!. Dengan nama yang terinspirasi dari judul lagu Man Overboard, ternyata porsi pop-punknya juga cukup untuk membuat band ini menjadi party banger dan tidak membuatnya over simplified, masih ada “adventurenya”. Power sesungguhnya dari kuartet Sidoarjo ya dimulai dari EP Moving Forward ini, nikmatilah, saya jamin tidak ada ruginya sama sekali. Apalagi mereka mixing dan mastering di sejawat mereka sesama putra daerah Sidoarjo, Bagas Yudhiswa (Beeswax) dan rekaman di Sidoarjo’s finest, Lingkaran Studio. - Alfan Rahadi

credits

released June 10, 2020

Decemberism are :

Abiezar AP - vocals, guitar
Lambang Akbar R - guitar
Armand Maulana - bass
Wardanu Kurniawan - drums

All tracks are composed and performed by Decemberism.
Written by Lambang Akbar R

Produced by Hasan Maulana
Recorded at Lingkaran Music Studio on January, 2020
Mixed and mastered by Bagas Yudhiswa

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