Mumbai alt-rock band Split have completed work on their debut album Counting Perfume (they announced the name of the album a couple of months ago, more details here). The quintet have not released any new material since their EP, P is for Pig in 2010. Even though they were formed in 2001, this is Split’s first album. The band is looking to put their inconsistent years behind them with the launch of their new album which will take place at Blue Frog, Mumbai on February 12 along with a subsequent album tour.
Close friends and some loyal fans were invited to the pre-launch listening party held at B69, Mumbai on January 25. We caught up with frontman Gareth D’Mello at B69 and quizzed him about why it took so long to put out an album and what the band has in mind for the future
We were not ready to come out with album right away and when we did feel like we were ready, there were two major reasons we couldn’t get to making the album. Even though we had the material and the songs to make an album, the people we wanted to work with on the album were not there, but then we met Zorran (Mendonsa, who has produced for many other artists such as Goddess Gagged, Demonic Resurrection and more) and we were quite pleased to make this album with him. He helped us a lot on certain songs that we needed to change and the album is where it should be now.
The other thing was that we didn’t have the money together to fund the making of the album. We saved up enough to make it happen this time around. Fans have been asking us about this album for five years now and we kept saying, ‘we’ll released it at the end of the year,’ but we never did. After a while, I just stopped answering that question. Now that it is ready we can repay those fans that have waited so long. We also plan to start gigging regularly again to promote the album. There are going to be quite a few stops on the tour which is almost finalized.
The tour has in fact been confirmed, so check out the tour dates, the tracklist and cover art for the upcoming album below.
Tour Dates
Feb 12 – Blue Frog, Mumbai
Feb 15 – Swig, Pune
Feb 17 – BFlat Bar, Bangalore
Feb 18 – Star Rock, Chennai
Feb 21 – Blue Frog, New Delhi
Feb 23 – Blues, Guwahati
Feb 24 – Deja Vu, Shillong
Feb 25 – Someplace Else, Kolkata
Tracklist
‘Counting Perfume’
‘Fat Oaf’
’60 Seconds’
‘Punk Rock Days’
‘Return to Bicameralism’
‘Isn’t It Strange’
‘Save Me’
‘Pig Society’
‘Holy Ghost Machine Gun’
‘Build (Higher)’
‘Belief’
‘My House’
‘Mr Anderson’
Split album cover art
Stream tracks by Split below.
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