12 cuts - very few.

But... you'll get hooked with every track of the album you'd forget it's a short list.

Haunting. The band described their music as melodramatic; and as listener, it would never escape to you why their music is simply beautiful. Apart from the fact that they are the ones who penned their compositions, plus all of them originals, there is sincerity to their songs. Like a poet who has finally found and mastered the right tune to his poem.

Currently I am simply blown away with their third track - Blue Sky. I even posted it in my blog (See below). The song, when you get to listen to it talks about resilience; of how to move on from a deep pit and the hope that promises with it. Another one which I really like the most is Kung Mawala Ka. The choice is personal. There is a very sad undertone with this song, and rightfully so. It speaks of being left alone, and of regretting to let the love pass you by.

Needless to say, tracks like Broken Sonnet and The Day You Said Goodnight are monster hits. They - like others we often hear on the radio - have what it takes to smash a hit. Chart-topping. And definitely every household anthems. My ten-year old sister even knows how to croon the chorus with all the feelings in it.  

Take No and Wishing and Bent Down are exceptionally beautiful and strikingly melodious.

Okay here's the download. What sets them apart from other contemporary local bands is that they carry this in their songs. Substance.

This Christmas, while the rain is pounding hard on the roof, I got Hale playing on the airwaves. Ah, a beautiful way to spend a merry rainy christmas.