Album lore

Pikiran dan Perjalanan, issued in early 2019 by Jakarta’s Barasuara on Darlin’ Records, stakes a claim in Indonesia’s indie rock canon. The nine-track set, including the featured cut “Pancarona,” meshes elements of indorock and pop with a distinctly local sensibility. Songs like “Seribu Racun” and the title track unfold amid layered guitars and propulsive rhythms, framing the band’s evocative lyricism in the national tongue.Barasuara’s approach channels the restless energy of Jakarta’s indie scene, balancing raw rock vigor with melodic clarity. The album’s resonance lies in its deft navigation between the familiar and the idiosyncratic, a signal from a group attuned to the currents of contemporary Indonesian music. Pikiran dan Perjalanan holds steady as a document of its time and place, a modest but assured entry for crate-diggers and boutique DJs seeking an alternative strand within Southeast Asia’s rock lineage.

Album lore

Pikiran dan Perjalanan, issued in early 2019 by Jakarta’s Barasuara on Darlin’ Records, stakes a claim in Indonesia’s indie rock canon. The nine-track set, including the featured cut “Pancarona,” meshes elements of indorock and pop with a distinctly local sensibility. Songs like “Seribu Racun” and the title track unfold amid layered guitars and propulsive rhythms, framing the band’s evocative lyricism in the national tongue.Barasuara’s approach channels the restless energy of Jakarta’s indie scene, balancing raw rock vigor with melodic clarity. The album’s resonance lies in its deft navigation between the familiar and the idiosyncratic, a signal from a group attuned to the currents of contemporary Indonesian music. Pikiran dan Perjalanan holds steady as a document of its time and place, a modest but assured entry for crate-diggers and boutique DJs seeking an alternative strand within Southeast Asia’s rock lineage.