Updated On: 02 May, 2023 08:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
A decade after their first release, Mumbai’s three-piece punk band, The Lightyears Explode, is ready with a change of pace this season with their second album

The band performs on stage
It was the Tom Hanks and Tim Allen film Toy Story that inspired the name of Saurabh Roy and Shalom Benjamin’s band, The Lightyears Explode. Now in their 30s, the lead duo of the band is a bit wiser, older and turning to a new sound with their upcoming album, Suburban Prose, this September. Fighting with your family, the next single from the album will release on May 5, marking the second chapter of their punk journey.
“Our first album, Revenge of Kalicharan, came out exactly 10 years ago,” lead vocalist and guitarist, Saurabh Roy points out, adding, “The next one should come out sooner. We are steadier now.” Roy and bassist Benjamin teamed up in the early 2010s straight out of college, with drummer Jeremy D’Souza and guitarist Jishnu Guha making up the live set.