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Chicken soup for the musical soul
Updated On: 25 September, 2019 07:00 AM IST | | Shunashir Sen
A premier indie-alternative band is launching an album that comes from a place of contemplation
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(From left) Sambit Chatterjee with Uddipan Sarmah, Shubham Gurung (both standing) and Robert Alex of Aswekeepsearching. Pic courtesy/Taaha Dhariwal
There are some albums that come from a place similar to a house with an after-party in full flow, where the music is thumping and inebriated people are immersed in such loud conversation that the neighbours wake up and call the guards (The Clash's London Calling is one such record). But when we ask Uddipan Sarmah of Mumbai and Pune-based indie act Aswekeepsearching to name one place Rooh, the band's third studio offering, came from, he says, "It originates in a wide empty room that's painted completely white, with just one piece of furniture in a corner where we spend most of our time. It's located far from a chaotic or noisy space and is instead all about nature, even if it's a love song."
That seems like a fair enough assessment. Rooh comes across as a deeply contemplative effort for which the band has closed its door to the material world. Even when the music does get somewhat upbeat, like it does in the title track, the song's more akin to a storm that threatens to brew before dissipating after merely rustling some leaves.
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