BACKSTORY

Simone Roswell, born on June 15, 2003, is a graduating Mechanical Engineering student from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines who has built his life around structure, discipline, and constant adjustment. Living alone in Taft, he moves through days shaped by early mornings, late submissions, and a cramped space filled with scattered notes and tools that never quite stay in place. Despite the pressure of everything moving too fast, he keeps himself steady through routine, finding comfort in control and focus.

In his free time, Simone often heads to his cousin’s motor mechanic shop, usually arriving straight from campus with his sleeves half-rolled and his bag set aside without much thought, hands already busy before he’s fully settled in. Surrounded by the hum of engines and the weight of real, immediate problems, he moves with a different kind of ease, less calculated, and more instinctive.

Outside of classes and shifts at the motor shop, simone spends his time as the drummer of the indie alt-rock band APOSTA. It is the one place where he can let go of structure and simply follow what he feels, where rhythm replaces routine and instinct replaces calculation. The band is built from different lives crossing paths, held together by late-night rehearsals, small disagreements over sound, and the slow process of learning each other’s timing. it is not always smooth, but it is real in the way it comes together piece by piece. For Simone, APOSTA becomes a space where he doesn’t have to carry everything alone, where even mistakes blend into something that still works.