Feeze – Nice, Try To Wake Up

Preview Track: Give Me Flowers

After a few months previously had released a single “Feels Bad”, Feeze almost put the same spice on the new singles that was released, still with 90’s influences indie rock sound, its crunchy and more grungy guitars, its easily digestible angst. Feeze is an Alternative / Indie rock band formed early 2018 in Pandeglang, Banten – Indonesia. By consisting of Azi (guitar, vocal), Alifian (guitar, back vocal), Ikbal (bass) and Refan (drum). The band’s DIY roots and dedication to the craft, produced their own merch, Self CD duplication and even made their own home-recording from day one.

In October 13, 2022, Feeze released a new maxi-single tracks called “Nice, Try To Wake Up”, the singles include 2 tracks: 1. Give Me Flowers 02:40, 2. Nice, Try To Wake Up 04:38. “Nice, Try To Wake Up” was recorded and self-released by Feeze. The band fuses these outside inspiration with their own style to experiment with more than just influences on the record, with elements of a shoegaze band and shades of The Smashing Pumpkins on some parts.

“The singles describes a someone who gets a deadlock in living his life, a thing that makes him miss the past where he was always happy without any gaps that make him sad, he misses it and wants to come back. But on the other hand, he realizes it will never happen, life must go on. A someone needs support from the surrounding environment or someone else.” The tracks are written, composed, arranged and produced entirely by Feeze in Pandeglang, mixed and mastered by Ando Loekito at Artefakt Records in Surabaya, Artwork and design by Iza Mahendra at Yeva Ink in Serang.

A pretty good achievement for Feeze while still surviving and productive, seeing that they are in a barren space of musical performances and even a minority. “Nice, Try To Wake Up” is the most recent works from a band who loved what they did, loved it even more that you listened, and cherished every moment of their remarkably short journey.