Ahead of the Delhi performance, here's how The Lumineers made indie folk global

Gurugram will host a sound that has quietly threaded itself into Indian listening culture over the past decade The Lumineers an American band that helped shape indie folk into a globally shared emotional vocabulary will perform in India as part of The Automatic World Tour supporting their fifth studio album AutomaticFor Indian audiences The Lumineersrsquo music has long existed in intimate spaces through headphones on long commutes background playlists during late nights or songs passed between friends as emotional shorthandThe band last played in India in 2022 but this Gurugram show marks their biggest standalone concert in the country so far It reflects how deeply their music has embedded itself into the listening habits of a generation here Songs like lsquoHo Heyrsquo lsquoCleopatrarsquo lsquoOpheliarsquo and lsquoStubborn Loversquo are familiar not as chart hits but as emotional markers tied to personal memories That kind of connection is precisely how indie folk became more than a genreFormed by Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites The Lumineersrsquo 2012 breakout lsquoHo Heyrsquo was raw and disarmingly simple By pop standards it broke every rule By human standards it made perfect sense Its handclaps chantalong chorus and openended lyrics created something communal It was music that invited participation rather than admirationWhat followed was a steady rise built on trust rather than spectacle Albums like lsquoCleopatrarsquo and lsquoIIIrsquo explored family trauma addiction loss and resilience with restraint The band never overexplained its emotions leaving listeners space to project their own stories Live this approach only deepened Lumineers shows are famously stripped back shaped around shared singing and quiet moments as much as big choruses an intimacy Indian audiences are now preparing to experienceIndie folkrsquos global rise mirrors the emotional climate of the past fifteen years It slowed things down and allowed vulnerability without irony Acoustic guitars unpolished vocals and lyrics that sounded like internal monologues became a refuge for listeners navigating uncertaintyThat sensibility found fertile ground in India as streaming platforms reshaped music discovery Young listeners began looking for songs that spoke more directly to their lives Artists like Prateek Kuhad When Chai Met Toast and Anuv Jain captured this shift writing inward and trusting emotional honesty over polish Even artists like Parekh amp Singh and Peter Cat Recording Co contributed to a wider ecosystem that valued feeling over formThe connection between The Lumineers and Indiarsquos indie scene is not about direct influence but alignment Themes of nostalgia family and belonging resonate across borders A listener can move from The Lumineers to an Indian indie artist in the same playlist without a shift in emotional temperatureIn a world dominated by viral hooks and algorithmfriendly soundbites indie folkrsquos persistence feels quietly defiant The Lumineersrsquo upcoming show this weekend is a reminder of how far music can travel without losing its coreThe Lumineersrsquo The Automatic World Tour in Gurugram which is produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live will take February 1 and fans can get their tickets on the platform