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Saturday Night Karaoke fights Wikipedia and rips off the government to make punk rock
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Meet the band: Saturday Night Karaoke – consisting of Athif (left), Prabu Pramayougha (center) and Andresa Nugraha (right) – will release its new four-track record in August. (Courtesy of Bayu Kibo) (Courtesy of Bayu Kibo/Courtesy of Bayu Kibo)
The Bandung pop-punk act is preparing to release a cathartic mini album.
“The lyrics are a bit dark […] They contrast with the music, euy,” said Andresa Nugraha, bassist of Bandung pop punk band Saturday Night Karaoke, with a chuckle and a typically Sundanese particle that is often used to express delight.
He was describing his band’s soon-to-be-finished new album.
The 30-year-old was sitting outside of the recording booth at Bandung Creative Hub (BCH) – a state-owned facility built in 2017 in Bandung as a resource for the community and creative economy – on June 15.
Prabu Pramayougha, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, was in the recording booth, recording a vocal track for the band’s upcoming release.
“It’s going to be an EP [extended play album],” answered Rezki Delian Kautsar, Saturday Night Karaoke’s manager. Gilang, the recording studio’s operator, signaled for Prabu to start singing again for another take.
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