Letterz Drop Dexterous Debut EP ‘Imagine Salt'

The Mumbai instrumental/progressive metal band offer tasty guitar riffs, pulsating drum grooves, clever dynamics and more across the six-track record

- DAVID BRITTO

IF YOU’VE EVER caught Mumbai instrumental/progressive metal band Letterz live, you know that there’s plenty to soak in while they are on stage. The band – comprising guitarists Tejas Narayan, Asxem Dlean, Shannon George, bassist Adil Kurwa and drummer Aritra Basu – have perfected a seamless live set over the last two years filled with complexity and grit. “It’s been a learning process with constant tweaking with each time we play. Using a backing track and a click is very integral to the sound of the band,” says Kurwa.

Two years on since the release of their emphatic single “Toad,” Letterz are now out with their debut six-track EP titled Imagine Salt. In between opening for Canadian prog band Intervals for their Mumbai show last year as well as putting on an energetic display at Control Alt Delete this past February, the band spent most of the last 24 months polishing and tracking the record. Kurwa says, “We also changed our band name to ‘Letterz’ [from Letters] due to some clashes with another music catalog.”