Band of the month
If you had to talk to an alien life form about your music, how would you
begin?
We would just start performing because we are sure they
would understand our music.
Talk to us about your emphasis on album art
For us, as a band, right from the first album, we have always
given lot of importance to album art because we believe that
when you present a song or an album which has a few songs,
it has to be presented with visual content that goes along
with it just to enhance the story you are trying to convey
with the songs. It’s not always that the lyric of the song
would be translated to exactly how we intended to write it.
We in fact, won an award for our second album artwork,
the only award for that matter (Laughs). We submitted ten
artworks for ten songs while others submitted just one and
that’s why we had an upper hand.
Visual art is extremely important and if it’s tied down
beautifully with the songs, it takes the story forward
very easily.
What in your opinion would be the greatest compliment someone could
pay to your music?
We get it! That would be the biggest compliment. It’s not
very straight forward and if someone understands,
it’s amazing!
We have received a lot of messages from people saying it
makes their day, our music picks them up when their down
and things like that mean a lot to us. If our music touches
people’s lives in any way, we have done our job well.
What would you say is the best condition for a band to be inspired to
create more music?
Being together geographically is very important to us! All of
us except for Ajay stay close by and the distance really helps
us create music.
Also, being starved every now and then with respect
to creating something new. We all like pushing and
challenging each other. We all come with a different set of
inspirations and that really helps.
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What’s the closest
you came to giving
up as a band
We haven’t yet!
Maybe next year ask
the same question
(Laughs)
Best venue you’ve
performed at and
why
Sound wise Harman
Live Arena! It
sounded too good!
It was spectacular.
It was the only show
where we got off
stage and were like
‘WOW’.
Venue wise our gig
at Trivandrum was
incredible! When
we went to the
venue, they asked
us to ensure nobody
stands during the
show. We were like
“How’s that possible,
it’s a rock show”.
Kaushik went on
the mic and said
“Apparently this is
a satsang and you
all have to be sitting
down. We are going
to have fun on stage
and if you want
to join us, please
feel free”. After the
first song got over,
everyone were
sitting down and
clapping. Suddenly,
when I announced
the second song,
after we started, four
people stood and
that was it!
One band you would
give anything to
watch live
Tool…
Name three venues
you’ve performed
at in order of
preference
1. Razzberry
Rhinoceros
2. Shiv Nadar
University
3. IIT Bombay