SecondSun’s Debut EP Balcony Links Piano, Latin Rhythm and Electronics
Released October 20, the six-track, 26-minute EP brings four distinct roles together. Explore its three contrasting entry points and a November 11 Revolver show announcement.
Taiwanese band SecondSun released its debut original EP, 陽台 (Balcony), on October 20. Six pieces running approximately 26 minutes bring piano, bass, congas and a sampler into one four-person setup. Classical melody, Latin rhythm and electronic production become relationships the same group must negotiate. An announced album-release show at Taipei’s Revolver on November 11 provides the project’s next live milestone.
A guitarist moves to keyboards, changing the working method
SecondSun formed in April 2025 after Wang Chong-yang (王重陽) and Huang Yu-ning (黃昱寧) met again at a jazz festival following years apart. Wang, also a guitarist in 荒山茉莉, leads the group and plays keyboards here, while Huang brings his exploration of Latin rhythm. Hsu Tse-min (許澤民), singer of 南方壞男孩, subsequently joined on bass, alongside sampler player Chen Wen-chi (陳玟錡). The distinctions between these four roles offer a first route into the EP.
For Wang, this is more than switching instruments. The release introduction says he spent nearly a decade working primarily from a band guitarist’s perspective. Here he approached an entire record through electronic production, with the challenge of connecting instrumental performance and electronic sound. Piano phrasing, bass lines, hand percussion and sampled fragments must consequently leave room for one another within a shared arrangement, instead of each simply demonstrating a separate skill.
Six tracks, with three contrasting entry points
The official digital sequence is Red, Balcony, Shrine, Yet, Poca and Air. Wind Music’s listening link leads to Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music and other platforms. Apple Music confirms October 20, six tracks and approximately 26 minutes; LINE MUSIC lists the same sequence. Search SecondSun together with 陽台 to distinguish similarly named acts and identify this EP without first assigning it a single genre.
According to the band’s release notes, Balcony begins with piano and a narrative quality associated with a Romantic ballade, then sets stronger rhythms against it. Yet interweaves a Techno approach with instrumental playing and sidechain-compressed electronic parts. Poca centres on Wang’s solo piano. The three respectively foreground melodic storytelling, electronic rhythm and a more pared-back piano setting, offering concrete comparisons beyond simply describing the record as a crossover.
Another publicity image presents the four in blue light and tilted perspectives.
A balcony opens onto everyday life, with a November show ahead
The band imagines the record as a journey, or perhaps just an afternoon on a balcony at home. The title returns its scale to everyday life without requiring specialist classical or electronic knowledge. Given the six-track format, one approach is to follow the complete sequence before comparing how the same four-person lineup brings a particular instrument, rhythm or production method into focus on each piece.
The imagery also holds everyday life and experiment together. One publicity photograph places the four behind wooden boards; two others use tilted angles, overlapping images and congas, while fine blue-and-white texture forms the cover. November 11 and Revolver are announced for the release show; ticket prices, doors and performance times await further information on a formal event page. Begin with the already-released EP, then follow the official Instagram account secondsun.tw for live arrangements.
The Balcony cover builds an abstract image from fine blue-and-white texture.The original collage uses tilted angles to show the members and congas.
