Better Days Unveil New EP, Featuring Their Own Version Of APO Hiking Society’s ‘Paano’

Same name, but they have a goal to give something different. Better Days is indeed going to be a really better musical group this 2023! The band has been around for a few years now and already released a handful of singles under Universal Records. But this time around, the band returns with a totally revamped lineup – now composed of the trio Nigel Aboy (Vocals and Guitars), Nim Garcia (Keys and Back-up vocals) Jian Ballesteros (Bass) and Raphael Resurreccion (drums) “Medyo pressuring, nakakaoverwhelm, pero masaya naman. We’re enjoying naman. We are a new band, technically. We’re just keeping the name,” they share. With this, they released a brand-new comeback six-track EP with reimagined tracks from the previous Better Days repertoire. The EP Includes acoustic versions of the tracks from the “Nararamdaman” EP (2018) which gives off a sincere, homey, and intimate vibe, following the latest original single “Hilom” that now has an official music video plus a Wish Bus performance. The EP’s focus track, on the other hand, is their version of “Paano”, a song popularized by Apo Hiking Society. This latest offering by the band will let you discover their signature sound. “Paano” was featured under Spotify’s Pinoy Covers at fourth spot as of this writing. To support the amazing release of, a music [...]

Better Days Unveil New EP, Featuring Their Own Version Of APO Hiking Society’s ‘Paano’

Same name, but they have a goal to give something different.

Better Days is indeed going to be a really better musical group this 2023! The band has been around for a few years now and already released a handful of singles under Universal Records. But this time around, the band returns with a totally revamped lineup – now composed of the trio Nigel Aboy (Vocals and Guitars), Nim Garcia (Keys and Back-up vocals) Jian Ballesteros (Bass) and Raphael Resurreccion (drums)

“Medyo pressuring, nakakaoverwhelm, pero masaya naman. We’re enjoying naman. We are a new band, technically. We’re just keeping the name,” they share.

With this, they released a brand-new comeback six-track EP with reimagined tracks from the previous Better Days repertoire.

The EP Includes acoustic versions of the tracks from the “Nararamdaman” EP (2018) which gives off a sincere, homey, and intimate vibe, following the latest original single “Hilom” that now has an official music video plus a Wish Bus performance.

The EP’s focus track, on the other hand, is their version of “Paano”, a song popularized by Apo Hiking Society. This latest offering by the band will let you discover their signature sound. “Paano” was featured under Spotify’s Pinoy Covers at fourth spot as of this writing.

To support the amazing release of, a music video will also be unveiled by the quartet soon and the band is set to have the Hilom EP launch this May 26, 2023 at The 70’s Bistro bar in Quezon City.

Stream “Hilom EP”:

Spotify Lyric Video | Audio Clip