Indie-pop band Sunwich brings a dose of pure sunshine to today's popular music scene. The identity of their work is joy — bright, groovy, sugary songs whose very name, drawn from "Sunday with chocolate," two things that can make people happy, doubles as their mission statement. What makes Sunwich distinctive is where that sweetness comes from: five friends from the same working-class port neighborhood of Priok at the north tip of Jakarta, a district usually drawn to hip-hop and hardcore punk rather than the curated indie-pop associated with South Jakarta. Not only in their own catalog, but they've carried that character abroad — onto stages from Vietnam to Japan. SRM BandsVolarefm

Sunwich formed in 2019 and became recognized through their debut single "Énouement" and their 2020 debut EP Storage, whose warmth landed the band on a dozen editorial playlists around Asia. Their sound leans on '90s nuance and influences like Boy Pablo, Wallows, and Requin Chagrin, with each member's different taste folded into one happy, groovy whole. Now, fronted by vocalist Aliefia "Fia" Augustine alongside Raflie "Ibek" Arbiantara, Hafiz "Apis" Alfaiz, Mahandhika "Dhika" Irsyam, and Rifki "Jibon" Handani, Sunwich is involved in various projects. Their singles, such as "The Bended Man" and "False Expectation," build sugary hooks around candid heartbreak. Their debut album Apophenia, released on 23 February 2024 through Demajors Records, gathered ten tracks and searched for the meaning behind everything that had happened in the members' personal lives. Their reach grew when a Japanese label pressed the record to vinyl and invited them for a January 2025 tour across Okinawa, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kyoto. Last but not least, their appetite for a bigger, brighter noise is on full display through their 2025 single "THUNDER!!!!!!!!!!," where lightning becomes a metaphor for a love you badly want but are afraid to be struck by. Medcom.id + 3