WHO: Spook

WHERE: Mumbai

WHAT: This 5-piece alternative rock outfit has been rocking small Mumbai venues in the second half of 2009 and have been steadily moving their following northward. Their songs can either leave you totally floored(definitely if you’re female) or utterly disappointed(if you’re a bit early to judge music and like more involving arrangements). The latter is what happened to us when we heard them first. But a few more listens to their songs and you can see the genuineness in their songwriting which shows real potential. They have a unique setting with a violinist sitting in and shredding like Malmsteen(speed, not music wise) with a full-on rock band along with a mellow keyboard player providing a nice base for the songs to sit on. Considering the band is not even a year old, their pop-rock/grunge/alternative sounds shows a lot of promise and we’re to hoping to hear lots more from them in the rest of this year. Some sample tracks are online but the songs and arrangements seem have come quite a long way from when those were recorded as any of their fans would say. The band played the Blue Frog in Mumbai a couple of months ago and also headlined at Hard Rock Cafe last month. They are currently working towards their debut EP which they plan to put out in a couple of months.

Listen to spook here

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