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The waltzing horns stir up images of a moonlit ballet with a bottle of scotch against the backdrop of a world that just seems to go about its own business and floats by you. Suryakant’s vocals lounge around the core instrumentation creating an almost carefree yet forlorn melody. The lethargic and drawn out quality of the instrumentation resurfaces in ‘Floated By’ with its lazy keys and bass. A lot of the instrumentation feature a conspicuously tropical vibe like in ‘Soulless Friends’ with its lethargic guitars and sunny, cascading keys on the hook.

The emptiness of the track goes hand in hand with its theme of letting go, giving up and the pointless game of trying to care about everything in life. For instance ‘Freezer’ features lonely keys and desolate warped vocals. We can see the “do more with less” mantra adhered to obsessively throughout this album. The crooner and swing inspired track appears to have been crafted around the music video due to its airy and mostly empty interlude section in order to incorporate Modi’s infamous demonetization speech in the video. The exciting lead up to the release of the album gave us the politically charged single and opener to the album, ‘Where the Money Flows’ and its equally rebellious music video. With a heavy anachronistic crooner base for his vocal delivery, he manages to pull off pretty interesting vocal acrobatics with many instances sounding like he has his jaw wired shut.

However, Suryakant takes these vocal limitations in stride and manages to deliver a poignant emotional punch with every bar. No, he does not boast crazy Chris Cornell octave ranges. Much of this dreary subject matter marches on the shoulders of Suryakant’s incredibly stoic and measured baritone.

The predominantly pastelle production and instrumentation convey a sense of ennui and detachment with the universe, giving the aesthetic a fish out of water touch which is extremely rare in such a sparse album. When he isn’t making a blatant political statement, Suryakant manages to waterboard us with pessimistic and gloomy wake-up calls about failure, regret, disillusionment and disaffection with the world around him. Frontman Suryakant Sawhney takes the lyrics in bolder and darker directions. However, the themes and underlying emotions simmering beneath the veneer of the bright and catchy instrumentation are bound to catch you off guard more often than you would prefer to. The production on the album is pristine, quiet and reserved. The sonic direction of the album closely resembles the tropical and leisurely attitude conveyed by the album art.

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So after years of studio silence, the band decide to drop their third full length album, Bismillah.

This oddball cocktail may put some audiences off at first but this brew of weirdness ages remarkably well. Their discography and live performances display a distinctive blend of jazz, crooner, soul, funk, disco, electronica and even post-rock influences. The truth is, just like a Wes Anderson film, the band’s sound is a genre in itself. To take the time and effort to compartmentalise their sound into genre labels would be foolhardy and to be frank, a little insulting. For over a decade now, this scruffy gang of outcasts and weirdos have endured confused glances followed by a cult following and several changes in their lineup. has carved up a pretty impressive burrow in the indie scene of Southern Asia. The ultimate “this band needs no introduction” band, Peter Cat Recording Co.