New single "Safer in My Heart" to premiere in Digital Music Stores this Feb 11, 2022

 

Album Cover Art by Lester Lim

For the most part, Thoughts And Notions main musical engine has been powered by Wilbert Tan (or Wile Lile on his Digital Music accounts). Our debut album, "In Awe of His Amazing Love" has been an aural journey of what Wilbert could do with his musical skills. And as we worked on our second album, and with the band formally coalescing, it became apparent that my songwriting collaborations would expand with new faces and new talents. Of course, Wilbert is still and will still continue to remain my main songwriting partner. In fact, the recently released single "Runaway Angel" that Wilbert and I collaborated with was the carrier single of the supposedly second album back then. Reaching the peak of its powers when the band got nominated in the 2009 NU 107 Rock Awards under the strength of that song. But the arrival of new band members would also signal a little shift of musical styles. Of course, the imprints of Wilbert is still around as he is the sound engineer of all our songs. Now, set to premiere digitally, and I believe the first time this song will be heard in public (we never promoted or released this song on the radio before). Safer in My Heart will finally be heard. This will be a departure of that signature Thoughts And Notions Pop/Alternative Rock sound as the band decided to strip our song to its bare essentials and focus on the message. The heartfelt lyrics that we would like to impart to everyone specially during this Love Month and the current pandemic that we are in now. 

Safer in My Heart is the first of my many collaborations with Adonis Berongoy (Drummer), John Erickson Gloria (Lead Guitars), and Doris Bangot (Bass) as they represent the face of Thoughts And Notions during the production and promotion of our second album way back in 2008-2009. Adonis was the main composer of the music of this beautifully written Acoustic Ballad that we hope would tug your heart strings. I could probably say that this is definitely one my favorite lyrical composition as of today. Which got a perfect fit with the supplied acoustic ballad type of music that Adonis saw fit to marry the lyrics with. And from what I believe, Adonis so love the song that he asked me if he could create a rendition of this song in Visayan language for his and Erickson's other band, the Bisaya Rock outfit, Brandibelly. They translated the lyrics into the Visayan language and added more to it. Turning it into a Rock Ballad. From what I heard, this became a crowd favorite in the Bisaya speaking areas in the country where they were able to perform their rendition of this song. But the public has never heard the song in its purest form. In its unembellished sound. In Thrina's original rendition of the song. Well until this February 11, 2022. And I'm personally anxious to find out how this song will be received 13 years from when we recorded it. Will it still resonate to you our listeners after all these years of changing musical tastes? Will the song have aged well with our audience as our audience aged through the years? I guess, I'll find out soon enough.

So, this Valentines Day, if you feel so lost, alone, depressed, or just feel that everything seems to go wrong with your life. Let us get you in on this special secret of ours. Someone told us that we'll be "Safer in My Heart." Let HIM show you the way. Let HIM show you Love as it should be.

Thoughts And Notions - Safer In My Heart (bfan.link)