True Faith is a Filipino pop-rock band. The band was formed in 1991 by Medwin Marfil, Caryl Campos, Eazer Pastor, and Ferdie Marquez. The band is influenced by the new wave genre and took its name from New Order's 1987 single "True Faith."
In 1993, a demo tape of the band's song "Perfect" hit number one on the Manila Top 40 radio station 99.5 RT FM (now 99.5 Play FM). After signing with the label EMI Music in the Philippines, True Faith's 1995 album Build was released as the group's major-label debut album.
The band received an MTV Asia Best Video Award in 2000 for the video for "Awit Para sa Kanya" ("Song For Her") from the album Memories Are Cheap: The Best of True Faith, 1993âÂÂ2000, produced by True Faith and Darrell James Laxamana. The album featured a new track, "Kung O.K. Lang Sa'yo," an acoustic guitar ballad that included new member Jay Valencia. This album also included a remixed version of "Get It On."
At an MTV event in Makati in May 2001, the band performed with a three-piece horn section from Ugoy-ugoy.
Grace (2002), the band's next album, included the single "Dedma," and its music video featured FHM cover girl Diana Zubiri. In 2004, True Faith released Eto Hits...et Acoustic. EMI released a compilation of True Faith songs in their original arrangements, as well as newly reworked to suit the acoustic theme. This release also included a cover of the Culture Club song "Mistake No. 3."
After a two-year break from recording, the band released their eleventh album, Stray to Be Found. Benedict Esguerra and Kenneth Ilagan joined the band as drummer and guitarist, respectively, and the album included the first single they contributed to, "Dahil Ikaw." After "Dahil Ikaw," the singles "Sayang Ang Lahat," "Cross My Heart" (a cover of an EBTG's "Cross My Heart"), and "Araw't Gabi" were also released from the album. The videos for the singles appeared regularly on MYX's Daily Top 10. The album also included covers of Crowded House's "Four Seasons in One Day" and Fra Lippo Lippi' "Crazy Wisdom."
In October 2005, the band began their first American tour. From 2006 to 2008, True Faith performed shows in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore<ins>,</ins> and Malaysia. In June 2009, Medwin and Eugene performed a special acoustic show in Dubai.
In 2006, the band released a greatest hits album and a music video, directed by Robert Quebral.
The music video for "Dahil Ikaw," directed by Genghis Jimenez was nominated for Favorite Mellow Video at the MYX Music Awards of 2007 and won in the Favorite Media Soundtrack category.
To celebrate True Faith's contribution to OPM and their years at EMI Philippines, the record label assembled a compilation album called Dream Journal: The Very Best of True Faith 1993âÂÂ2007.
Released in March 2010, Love Parade contained a mix of guests, including Luke Mejares; Dix Lucero<u>;</u> musician Carlos Magno of the band Out of Body Special, alongside Armi Millare of Up Dharma Down.
The band signed with Star Music (ABS-CBN Corporation's recording company) in 2015.
In 2017, True Faith received an invitation from MGMT to record their own rendition of the single "Me and Michael," which was eventually included on MGMT's fourth album, Little Dark Age, released on February 9, 2018. The result of this was True Faith's New Order-inspired Filipino version of the song, titled "Ako at si Michael." MGMT then released a music video of their song, which features True Faith in the narrative. True Faith also created a music video of "Ako at si Michael."
The band released their tenth album, Sentimental, in 2018 and reissued it on vinyl in 2021.
In February 2022, the band released an album titled "11" consisting of three singles: "Dyahe," "Your Ready Smile," and "Refriend". The album's release was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.