IN CONVERSATION WITH BLOODYWOOD
From YouTube covers to playing global festivals— was there a specific moment when you felt,“ This is really happening”?
When we saw 70,000 come out in the hot sun at Download Festival in the UK just to watch us play. We had been given a main stage slot which was a big honour but we were also the first act of the day. Usually that ' s a tough slot because people only make their way out later on in the day but it ' s also a gift because you know that whoever is there is there for you. Nearly three-fourth of the festival’ s audience turned up and the organisers told us they had never seen a crowd that size for the opening band.
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You’ ve always embraced your Indian identity in a genre dominated by Western bands. Was that a conscious rebellion or an organic evolution?
Organic evolution always. Our music is a fusion of multiple genres that we love and Indian music is obviously a part of that. The three of us have different tastes in music but simultaneously have a big overlap in taste as well, so we go with what feels right.
Delhi is chaotic, intense, and full of contradictions— much like your music. What’ s one hyperlocal experience that directly shaped a track?
It wasn ' t one experience more like a combination of multiple everyday experiences that add up to paint a picture of life in Delhi. Delhi has a bad reputation and that ' s justified but the good sides of Delhi shine bright as a result and we had the privilege of being raised by that side while still having to be tough enough to face the other side. The music is a reflection of this.
Your songs are politically and emotionally charged, yet sonically heavy and energizing. How do you strike that balance?
Most of the time we want to deliver a message with positivity and aggression, both because we are hopeful about what the world can become but also because