[4][5] The band in all incarnations, according to musician and critic Aldus Santos, "have always delivered on the tunes: familiar, always with a dash of innocence, with no facetious tricks up their sleeves, infinitely hummable.
Not the most dynamic of bands, certainly not the most technically adept, but these deficiencies are countered by an undeniable charm on musical fronts that matter: melodic, lyrical, structural.
[3] Guitarist Ryan Nachura and musician Noel Garcia (Ethnic Faces, Eraserheads and Color It Red sessionist) eventually joined the band, replacing Dela Torre and Carpio.
They were without a permanent name until Tan wore a Bettie Page T-shirt to a rehearsal at then-Eraserheads drummer Raimund Marasigan's house.
[9] The album includes "Witching Hour" that hit number one on NU107's Midnight Countdown for seven weeks; "Broken", "A Cold & Better Place",[10] and "Ride Rocket Wild".
[12][13] Michael Sutton, a writer for the All-Music Guide, discovered them by accident on a random NU107 air check mailed from the Philippines by music fan Denis Batungbacal.
The 16-track album features guitarists Kakoi Legaspi (ex-Rivermaya, Peryodiko), Castro's cousin Kenneth Ilagan (ex-Violent Playground, Mulatto, the Dawn), and the late Francis Magalona.
However, in an interview with Manila Coconuts, Castro revealed that apl.de.ap "dropped the 7 bands like a hot potato" and that his handlers said that "apl.de.ap refused to answer questions" about the event.
[24][25] On 17 November 2011, the Pin-Ups frontman Castro was mauled after a basketball game by 15 male models led by actors Kerbie Zamora and Lemuel Pelayo.
[26][27] After founding member Jennifer Tan and ex-Sugarfree, Ciudad drummer Mitch Singson left the band around 2011 (Tan left for the U.S., Singson focused on his business), Your Imaginary Friends' Tanya Singh was tapped to play bass and fill-in drummer and Ex-Manibela Raffy Bonifacio officially joined the band.
Notable online magazine Vandals on the Wall described the single as "sun-drenched indie pop informed by a swoon-worthy chorus and a driving backbeat.
At its heart is pure pop confection set to summer warmth: the kind that blasts on alt-radio and invites a crowd sing-along.
Castro formed the Beautiful Letdown, a band named after Switchfoot's album, right after the dissolution of the Pin-Ups in January 2016 but it took him a year to find the right members.
[33] Rick Olivares of Eikon Records Philippines announced that the band had reformed and will release their first album Hello Pain on vinyl in April 2024.