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SCMP Reporter

Holding up light boards to profess their undying devotion and waving glow sticks from side to side, 3,000 screaming fans gave Taiwanese indie band Sodagreen  an ecstatic welcome to Hong Kong just over a week ago.  
Sodagreen comprises vocalist Greeny Wu Qing-feng,  acoustic guitarist A-Fu Ho Ching-yang,  electric guitarist Kay Liu Chia-kai,  bassist Claire Hsieh Hsing-i,   percussionist Wei Shih Chun-wei, and Zephyr Kung Yu-chi  on keyboard  and viola. 
The band released their  self-titled debut album  in 2005 after meeting producer Will Lin at Taiwan's Hohaiyan  Rock Festival in 2004.
Since then  the band have built up a devout following in Asia; and with the songs Little Love Song  and Incomparable Beauty,  they're making a name  for themselves worldwide. 
In 2007 and 2008, they won Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for Best Band.
Sodagreen's style of music is hard to define because their songs range widely from light folk to pop-rock. 
Inspired by composer Antonio Vivaldi's  The Four Seasons, the band started Project Vivaldi in 2009 with the goal of releasing four albums within two years. 
Each album represents a season; the band has so far released two: Daylight of Spring  and Summer/Fever.  
Spring was recorded in eastern Taiwan while Summer was put together in London, the places the band thought  the two seasons embodied.
But the project has had to be postponed because Kung is doing compulsory military service.  But Sodagreen have not completely stopped  performing, and they were invited to represent Taiwan at British music festival Liverpool Sound City in May. 
Nearly all the songs they performed at the Hong Kong concert were remixed or featured new arrangements, adding a  new energy to their live show. 
Sodagreen sang some of their biggest hits such as Frequency,  Summer Summer  and Near Future,  as well as their latest songs Once in a Lifetime and the  Putonghua version of their Taiwanese-Hokkien tune No Sleep.   
 At the end of the concert,  fans surprised Sodagreen by singing a version of Believe, prompting band members to burst into tears.
 Sodagreen's seventh album, Once in a Lifetime, will be released later this month. It features three new songs and some live recordings from their Taipei Arena show last year. 
 The title track single  is about respecting people who work hard in different roles in  society. With this song, Sodagreen also want to encourage people to strive to achieve their dreams.
Sodagreen hope their music will leave a feeling of freshness afterwards like the leftover taste of soda - hence the name Sodagreen.
Once Kung returns to the band, Sodagreen  hope to continue working on Project Vivaldi.  They will head to Beijing  and Berlin to record the autumn and winter sections respectively.



Band for all seasons