53A (L-R): ALVIN, IRWAN, SARA, BANI.
53A VITAL STATS
The Genre
Pop, Rock, Punk, Alternative, Top 40s
The Band
Sara Wee – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Chief Nagger
Alvin Khoo – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Arizona Tea Addict
Bani Hidir – Lead Vocals, Bass, Head Banger
Irwan Shah – Drums, Backing Vocals, the ‘Sensitive’ One
The Story
The story of 53A first began when Alvin was introduced to Sara through a mutual friend. Alvin felt an immediate connection with Sara on a musical level, and Sara was wowed by the sheer volume of Alvin’s hair. The rest, as they say, is history. The two started jamming together in the dusty attic of a shop along Haji Lane, the unit number of which became the inspiration for the band’s name – 53A. The duo went on to perform together in the ‘live’ music scene for nearly six years before roping in friends Hidir and Irwan to complete their line-up, when the offer to play regularly at Timbre came up.
Today, 53A is made of four musicians with diverse styles and rich musical backgrounds, and is known for its tantalizing brew of pop and rock with a spoonful of lunacy that puts a unique 53A brand on each and every song the band covers. After many long nights of sweating it out at gigs in their matching Donald Duck undies (that’s another story altogether), 53A has finally decided to let the cat out of the bag with its debut original album “Settle the Kettle”.
Featuring songs written by three of the four band members, the album is a roller coaster ride of upbeat, chilled out and ‘emo’ tunes – a result of the diverse musical influences of each composer: Alvin (John Mayer), Sara (The Beatles) and Hidir (Foo Fighters). Irwan is also madly inspired by Click 5.
Tune in to Alvin and Sara on Power 98FM every Wednesday from 12 – 2pm with DJ Harry Corro on the “Wednesday Brew Crew” show!
Contact 53A: 53Aband@gmail.com
53A acoustic (Sara/Bani n Alvin):
Thurs: Timbre @ Old School (8.30pm – 11.30pm)
Fri: Wala Wala Happy hour before EIC (7pm – 9pm)
Sat: Acid Bar @ Emerald Hill (21.30pm – 12.15am)
53A (FULL BAND):
Tues: Timbre @ Arts House (8.15pm – 11.30pm)
Wed: Timbre Mobile, now at ECP beside carpark C1 (8.30pm – 11.45pm)
Fri: Timbre @ The Substation (10.30pm – 1.45am)
Hi, I’m looking for a band to perform at my event, was wondering if 53A was able to perform. Please get back to me at gnehsheng@hotmail.com to discuss further in detail.
Hello, your performance at the MS Office 2010 Idea Jam was GREAT! I especially like your song of “I’m yours!”. The lead female vocalist is wonderful.
And of course, the entire band was awesome too! 
I would like to invite the band to perform in a charity concert series i am organising on 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th August. This concert is organised by Victoria Junior College, YMCA and CitiBank. The time is 7pm. You can choose to perform a few items in all 4 concerts or you can pick one day/two day and we can give you like half of the concert segments (open for negotiation) for your performance.
Hope to have the awesome band perform in our exciting concert.
Pls email me at flyingcolour@rocketmail.com or you can visit my group’s website at http://www.du–coeur.blogspot.com
Hope to hear favorably from you soon.
Thanks for your time and th great music at the ms office idea jam. 
Cheers,
Kia Wee
Chairman
Organising commitee for Felicity Night 2010
I see your someday we’ll know’s cover on youtube
it’s amazing
where can i buy your album??? selling at any cd shops in Singapore? or online? please let me know. thanks.
You can get it online at http://www.53Aband.com!
You’re on TIME Magazine!
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2043327-2,00.html
Where can I find your album? Do you sell it for download?
Hi 53A,
I think you guys are great and I’m wondering if you play acoustic sets at weddings. The wedding is on a Saturday in August. Kindly email me back to let me know?
Thanks!
Wendy
Hi 53A,
We are a group of four Year 4 students from Nanyang Technological University’s School of Communication & Information, embarking on a Final Year Project to promote responsible drinking among young people, primarily women aged 18-25 years old.
Our campaign, Live It Up Without Drinking Up! presents LADIES NIGHT OUT!, a one-night event which will double up as a viable platform for showcasing the homegrown musical talent and an opportunity to reach out to ardent supporters of the local music arena. Publicity would be achieved through our various advertising channels and online initiatives. As our target audience are females, we are looking to invite bands composing of female artistes, and it would mean a lot for us to garner your support.
Our event, Ladies Night Out, will target an estimated number of 1,500 young females. It will take place on a Saturday in mid-February 2012 in a public location such as *Scape youth park in Orchard Road. Local music performances, photo booths, and various youth-targeted fringe activities are in the line-up.
CLEO magazine has agreed to be our official magazine sponsor for the event. We are also in talks with AMORE fitness to be the official health and wellness sponsor, and Power98 to be the official radio sponsor Live It Up Without Drinking Up!.
Do let me know if you are keen on supporting our cause and performing. I would be interested to know your rates and details for the performance. We can discuss further details. Thanks!
Best,
Angeline
angelinetann@gmail.com
9725 4676