It often happens that a band's sound undergoes a shift in gears when a member leaves and a new one joins. That's what unravelled when Naman Sachdev sat behind the drums for Mumbai prog-rock act A Mutual Question for the first time in 2016. The outfit had focused on a more ambient sonic template till then. But with Sachdev's background in metal music, they decided to up the tempo with tunes that were heavier than before.

That reflects in Connect, their latest album that released last week. It's not that the seven-track offering doesn't have its mellower moments. But guitarist Siddharth Chopra tells us, "We were keen to add an upbeat note to our live songs since we realised that we enjoy playing the heavier tracks more than the laidback ones. We wanted to try out complicated things, and stick to time signatures that were off instead of the usual 4/4 structure."