There are times where one comes across music that transcends the listener into an ethereal state, such as what happens with the short and succinct ode to life, Snow. It stretches to a comfortable 23 minutes and leaves the listener yearning for more. There is a sense of simplicity to artiste Kruttika Sequeira’s approach to music. It flows through the listener’s ears and creates a visual menagerie than lingers long after the last song. “I have always been enthralled by female artists and their pianos; it is a beautiful image. The artiste sitting alone in the centre with the grand piano as the band readies itself, I see a lot of my music in that image,” shares Sequeira from her house in Los Angeles.

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Like most artistes, Sequeira, too, takes her inspiration from personal endeavours. “I sometimes find inspiration in daily life and in conversations with the people I meet as well. The track Red flags in the EP came from a conversation among friends about boys and so-called red flags, which then became a song,” quips Sequeira on her writing process. The thematic elements of the EP have deep-seated emotions as well as an urge to bring forth not just one’s inner thoughts, but also a clarion call to go beyond. This is evidenced in the song Your time will come to shine, which calls forth great personal courage and rings like an anthem for perseverance.