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Rock&roll as a globally recognized musical category has long held a prominent place in the Philippines’ expansive national musical ecosystem, and the sound Tongue-Tied joins a long line of works from the country that claim space within the genre’s formal and cultural boundaries. To frame this sound within its stated context is to recognize that rock and roll, as a genre, has been adopted and nurtured by creators across the Philippines for generations, turning what began as a transnational musical form into a staple of the country’s creative output, with countless creators turning to the genre to anchor their own work, contributing to a vast catalog of Filipino rock and roll that spans every iteration of the form’s evolution across decades.
