Filipino-American singer-songwriter Brad Go launched his debut album, The Hush Project, at an intimate gathering of social media practitioners last Thursday, Feb.5 at Bruce Lim Rustique Kitchen where he performed select cuts from the self-penned and self-produced album, including the new single “I Want You Now.”
Released through MCA Music (Universal Music Philippines), The Hush Project is the culmination of Brad's trip around the world in search of the most compelling and unique real-life love stories. The journey began in New York, where he met a girl on a rainy Wednesday evening in September, 2012. Offering his umbrella to the rain-soaked stranger, Brad unwittingly set in motion a series of romantic events, both exhilarating and tragic, that would lead to the creation of the blog, Have U Seen Her, and eventually The Hush Project. (HUSH is an acronym for “Have U Seen Her.”)
Inspired by his own love story—a story that started like a fairy tale but ended without the “happily ever after”—Brad came up with a crazy idea. He would travel the world, talk to people about love and their love stories, and write songs about them. He started a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $10,000, thus giving him the opportunity to embark on his mission.
“If something like this could happen to me in New York, there must be countless stories across the globe that no one has ever heard,” says the 28-year-old musician. His goal was to tell those stories.
Brad went to Barcelona, Tokyo, Melbourne, Singapore, Palermo, Berlin, Manila and Paris, and came back with eight original compositions, namely “All Along,” “I Want You Now,” “It's You,” “Follow Through,” “Firestarter,” “Feel This Way,” “Love Is Love” and “Time Machine.” The trip is documented in the form of vlogs, which are published on Brad's YouTube channel, youtube.com/bradgofilm.
The eight songs, with the addition of the bonus track “Carry You Home,” make up The Hush Project. The album is a mix of romantic ballads, torches and mid-tempo jams that are decidedly pop rock in form, mostly structured around guitar-driven melodies and rousing progressions.
The Hush Project has such an intriguing concept and fresh sound that upon hearing about it, MCA Music immediately committed to distributing the album, setting a Philippine release date of February 2, 2015. Impressed by Brad's songwriting, label executives commissioned him to write a song for another MCA artist, “The Total Performer” Darren Espanto. The result is “Makin' Moves,” which appears on the album, Darren.
The Hush Project Track Listing:
1. All Along (BARCELONA)
2. I Want You Now (TOKYO)
3. It's You (MELBOURNE)
4. Follow Through (SINGAPORE)
5. Firestarter (PALERMO)
6. Feel This Way (BERLIN)
7. Love Is Love (MANILA)
8. Time Machine (PARIS)
9. Carry You Home (BONUS TRACK)
Brad is scheduled to perform at the Roofdeck Bistro (Examiner St., Quezon City) on February 6 (10 p.m.), Chef Arch's Lime 88 (Plainview, Mandaluyong City) on February 13 (9 p.m.), Bruce Lim's Rustique Kitchen (Arnaiz Ave., Makati City) on February 14 (7 p.m.), and Lucky Chinatown Mall on February 21 (3 p.m.).
Catch Brad live on Energy FM 106.7's Eat All You Ken on February 10 (6 to 9 a.m.) and Mellow 94.7's The Wake Up Show on February 11 (8 to 10 a.m.). He previously appeared on Wave 89.1's Funny Side Up on January 30.
The Hush Project is available at Astro Plus and Odyssey record bars and online at iTunes, Spinnr, Deezer and Spotify.
For more information, please go to hushproject.tv.
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