Alfredo describes his collaboration with Pamungkas as “a happy accident. ‘Gaung Romantis’ has two featured guests: Pamungkas on the mid-tempo pop-rock song ‘I’m Down’ and Matter Mos on the hip-hop-influenced ‘Hymne’.
Those emotions are not because of love! In fact, there was no love to begin with!” That’s why when we dissolve that habit, when we lose that routine of seeing each other and spending time with one another, that’s when the longing and the regret kick in. “Life has taught me that love doesn’t make a relationship ‘real’, but instead, it’s the routine. Interestingly, ‘Gaung Romantis’ is followed by ‘Celaka’ – in which the male protagonist swallows his pride and asks to undo the split of the first track.Įchoes laughs at the dynamic between the two songs – and at himself. “I think this story is also everybody’s story, you know: when you fight so hard for your relationship to stay alive, but sadly, it takes only one reason to bring it down to dust,” Alfredo chuckles. A rock ballad about separation, the song picks up the narrative last told in the final track of his previous album. The EP’s opener ‘Gaung Romantis’ also happens to be the first song Alfredo wrote for the album. “It’s difficult to churn out good rock music when the rocker in question has lived oh-so comfortably in luxury” These bros loved it! I learned that if you set aside any desire to appear ‘cool’ or ‘stoic’ and simply focus on your truth, people will love what you make no matter what.” “Fortunately, some of them felt gut-wrenched by this album in the best way possible. You know, rockers who make music about murder and stuff,” he laughs. “I have pals from the punk scene and I have pals from the metal scene. His narrative commitment aside, Echoes acknowledges “initial insecurity” as he had his friends and acquaintances listen to ‘Gaung Romantis’ for the first time – “especially the guys,” he points out. Of course, I didn’t want the audience to be, like, ‘You’re a guy! Don’t be so weepy like that!’ Instead, I wanted them to be, like, ‘Dude, I completely understand what you’re going through’.”
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“When I wrote these songs, my main focus was on how to make sure that the audience can see through my perspective as the main character of this story. What I wrote, I literally felt,” Alfredo explains. “Honestly, this album is based on my actual life story. Throughout the EP, Romantic Echoes positions himself as a male protagonist in a submissive, almost masochistic role in a romantic relationship – as if his happiness and well-being had completely depended on his lover’s acceptance.
When Indonesian audiences might still expect male rock musicians “to present themselves and make their music in a certain masculine way,” he decided to “sort of break that stereotype”. ‘Gaung Romantis’ poses a new opportunity – and a challenge – for Alfredo.
“‘Gaung Romantis’ was influenced by ’80s rock bands, in particular Toto, whereas ‘Persembahan Dari Masa Lalu’ was influenced by vintage Asian sound, such as P. The new EP “is more complex, both in terms of arrangement and production,” Alfredo says. Befitting his stage name, both ‘Persembahan Masa Lalu’ and ‘Gaung Romantis’ present a romantic chronicle packaged as an indie rock melodrama.
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