THE LIGHTYEARS EXPLODE / PUNK POP
They started a band towards the end of 2009, while they were in college. Guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter Saurabh Roy along with bassist Shalom Bejamin and drummer Aaron Carvalho form the angstysounding band The Light Years Explode, who's sound are along the lines of punk pop. The idea for their band name — ‘The Light Years’ came from the Hollywood animated movie Toy Story and the boys decided it would sound cool if they added ‘Explode’ to it. Like most college bands, they journey began by performing at various college festivals and later doing gigs at clubs and music festivals. On their A-Ha Moment: According to Saurabh, there are two a-ha moments for their band. First, when they opened for one of their favourite Indian bands, Zero in April 2010. And their second A-ha moment will happen in March, with the release of their debut album titled, The Revenge Of Kalicharan. (yes, you heard that right!).
On their brand of music: Their songs are mostly in English with a hint of Hindi. In March 2011, The Light Years Explode released their first selftitled five-track EP album, which includes songs like Masala Punk, The Gay Song, Pretenses And Other Forms Of Fakegiri, etc. Since then, they have painstaking taken efforts to record, improvise their sound and lyrical content of their songs for their debut album, The Revenge Of Kalicharan. This 10-track album includes some songs like: I’m A Disco Dancer, which has an 80s disco feel to it, a dark song without the sad flavour; Late Night Song, an upbeat song about young people in the city chillout with their friends (which doesn’t happen in other cities as much); and Diet Coke (nothing to do with the low-calorie beverage), a fast-jumpy track about getting things one wishes for.
On their influences: All the three guys are selftaught musicians. Saurabh, who grew up listening to The Beatles has been particularly inspired by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for their music genius. At 17, Saurabh taught himself how to play the guitar and sing as well, and listens to The White Stripes, Japandroids (Canadian rock duo), Tame Impala (psychedelic hypno-groove rock) Aaron is more into Country music, while Shalom listens to just about everything.
On their way forward: As of now, they guys are concentrating on the music video for I’m A Disco Dancer. Also, one of their songs, Kunj Gutka has been included for director Bejoy Nambiar’s David. Besides this, they’re always working on new material, as usual.
ON SAURABH’S iPOD Younger Us by Japandroids Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala All Die Young by The Smith Westerns Kaala Rey by Sneha Khanwalkar Stay Useless by Cloud Nothings
They started a band towards the end of 2009, while they were in college. Guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter Saurabh Roy along with bassist Shalom Bejamin and drummer Aaron Carvalho form the angstysounding band The Light Years Explode, who's sound are along the lines of punk pop. The idea for their band name — ‘The Light Years’ came from the Hollywood animated movie Toy Story and the boys decided it would sound cool if they added ‘Explode’ to it. Like most college bands, they journey began by performing at various college festivals and later doing gigs at clubs and music festivals. On their A-Ha Moment: According to Saurabh, there are two a-ha moments for their band. First, when they opened for one of their favourite Indian bands, Zero in April 2010. And their second A-ha moment will happen in March, with the release of their debut album titled, The Revenge Of Kalicharan. (yes, you heard that right!).
On their brand of music: Their songs are mostly in English with a hint of Hindi. In March 2011, The Light Years Explode released their first selftitled five-track EP album, which includes songs like Masala Punk, The Gay Song, Pretenses And Other Forms Of Fakegiri, etc. Since then, they have painstaking taken efforts to record, improvise their sound and lyrical content of their songs for their debut album, The Revenge Of Kalicharan. This 10-track album includes some songs like: I’m A Disco Dancer, which has an 80s disco feel to it, a dark song without the sad flavour; Late Night Song, an upbeat song about young people in the city chillout with their friends (which doesn’t happen in other cities as much); and Diet Coke (nothing to do with the low-calorie beverage), a fast-jumpy track about getting things one wishes for.
On their influences: All the three guys are selftaught musicians. Saurabh, who grew up listening to The Beatles has been particularly inspired by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for their music genius. At 17, Saurabh taught himself how to play the guitar and sing as well, and listens to The White Stripes, Japandroids (Canadian rock duo), Tame Impala (psychedelic hypno-groove rock) Aaron is more into Country music, while Shalom listens to just about everything.
On their way forward: As of now, they guys are concentrating on the music video for I’m A Disco Dancer. Also, one of their songs, Kunj Gutka has been included for director Bejoy Nambiar’s David. Besides this, they’re always working on new material, as usual.
ON SAURABH’S iPOD Younger Us by Japandroids Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala All Die Young by The Smith Westerns Kaala Rey by Sneha Khanwalkar Stay Useless by Cloud Nothings
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