manuel nicolas alvero

Most days, Manuel Nicolas Alvero sings, plays guitar, jumps around, fights crime, and generates Kirbyesque dots of pure cosmic radiation for Ang Bandang Shirley, Manila's leading providers of hummable punk fun. Some nights, though, 10 minutes will pass with no crime happening. During those 10 minutes, Manuel will park his ship, focus on his breathing, plug into a smaller amp, and record a peaceful, minor-key ditty over a simple loop. After he's done with one ditty, he moves unfussily on to another one.