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''Please Transpose'' is the third and final
extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
by the Philippine alternative rock band
Eraserheads Eraserheads (sometimes stylized as ƎRASERHEADS or ƎRASƎRHƎADS) are a Filipino rock band formed in Quezon City in 1989. The band consists of lead singer and primary songwriter Ely Buendia, guitarist Marcus Adoro, bassist Buddy Zabala, and dr ...
(credited as Eheads). Released in August 2002, it was self-produced by the band with their new vocalist Kris Gorra-Dancel, who joined the group after
Ely Buendia Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970) is a Filipino musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Eraserheads, with whom he has released seven albums since their founding in 1 ...
left earlier that year.


Background

Eraserheads released their seventh studio album ''
Carbon Stereoxide ''Carbon Stereoxide'' is the seventh and final studio album by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads, first released on March 10, 2001 by BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. The album featured a dark and mature sound, with folk and drum a ...
'' in March 2001. Vocalist
Ely Buendia Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970) is a Filipino musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Eraserheads, with whom he has released seven albums since their founding in 1 ...
left the band a year later, having missed two live shows, with drummer
Raimund Marasigan Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) is a Filipino musician and record producer. He is best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Eraserheads. Marasigan has been described as "the busiest man in the Pinoy music scen ...
filling in for him. The band later debuted with a new vocalist, Kris Gorra-Dancel of Fatal Posporos, at Hard Rock Manila in April. The band had considered changing their name but decided to wait. "It gets more gigs than a new name,” Marasigan explained. “We don't need to prove anything by getting a new name. We earned the name."


Content

The EP features five new songs intended to gauge interest for an upcoming album with Gorra-Dancel under a new name. “U Make Me” was released as the lead single, with a
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-inspired music video directed by
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and featuring camerawork from
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vocalist
Marc Abaya Ramon Marcelino Diaz Abaya (born November 6, 1979), known professionally as Marc Abaya, is a Filipino singer, musician, actor, TV host, and VJ. He appeared in the 2009 Philippine release of ''Tinker Bell''. He is the son of actor/director Manol ...
and filmmakers Joe Fab and Quark Henares. The EP also features re-recordings of Eraserheads songs “Paru-parong Ningning” from ''
Cutterpillow ''Cutterpillow'' is the third studio album by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads, released on December 8, 1995 through BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. It became the band’s most commercially successful album in the Philippines. T ...
'' (1995) and “Dahan Dahan” from ''
Natin99 ''Natin99'' is the sixth studio album by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads, released on May 18, 1999 by BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. The album was recorded in a nonlinear approach, with the members recording their individual ...
'' (1999). The title refers to the band having to perform their songs in a higher key due to Gorra-Dancel’s vocal range.


Release

The EP was distributed to a small group of industry insiders and friends at a listening party at Butch Dans's studio in August. Adoro left the band in November, and the planned album was scrapped. Instead, the band recruited Ebe Dancel of Sugarfree and Diego Mapa of Monsterbot and renamed the band Cambio. They later released their debut album ''Derby Light'' in 2004.


Track listing


Personnel

Eraserheads * Kris Gorra-Dancel - lead vocalist, rhythm guitar *
Marcus Adoro Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro (born December 31, 1971) is a Filipino musician who was the lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, a Filipino alternative rock band in the 1990s. He is also known by the stage name or band name Markus Highway. He is al ...
- lead guitar *
Buddy Zabala Hector "Buddy" Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971) is a Filipino musician and producer. He is currently the bassist of Filipino pop band Moonstar88, and widely known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band the E ...
- bass guitar *
Raimund Marasigan Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) is a Filipino musician and record producer. He is best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Eraserheads. Marasigan has been described as "the busiest man in the Pinoy music scen ...
- drums


References

{{Eraserheads 2002 EPs Eraserheads albums