Homegrown’s Fresh Picks From Music That Released Last Week: Divine, Raghav Meattle & More

Homegrown loves bringing to you emerging artists and those who have established a niche in alternate genres hidden from the mainstream. Keeping things super fresh, we will be curating a weekly list of numbers we could not get enough of through the week and that we know will earworm themselves to your heart as well.

Scroll down for your weekly dose of latest releases.

Anoushka Maskey ‘September Embers’

Sikkim-origin singer-songwriter Anoushka Maskey’s latest single is inspired by her mother. Maskey takes the chance to talk about people who are too giving at the cost of their own well being and don’t realise when to stand up and avoid being trampled down. The song might be a depiction of Maskey’s desperate need to pull her mother out of such situations. The song begins with Maskey’s mellow and aching folk sound singing “Welcome September, I’ll save her this time; I’ll throw a jacket, Over embers coming alive.” Her aching and melancholic voice brings forth the lyrics and fits seamlessly with her intent behind the song.

Divine ‘Punya Paap’

Rapper Divine’s sophomore album showcases the artist’s more confident and experimental writing that he aims to achieve with the album. The album revolves around the theme of virtue and sin. In an interview with Grazia India, the rapper said of the album “From a thematic perspective, Punya Paap focuses on how I’ve lived my life up to this point, some of it being virtuous and some sinful, in the most traditional ways. The reality of life is that you can be on the wrong side of the law and lead a virtuous life and vice versa – I draw parallels to that in a lot of my lyrics.”

You can listen to the full album here.

Lateral with Andrea Tariang ‘Misuse My Issues’

Guwahati-based electronic pop duo Lateral (siblings – Amitabh Barooa and Siddharth Barooa) collaborates with Shillong-bred singer-songwriter and actor Andrea Tariang in their latest single Misuse My Issues. The sonic experimental production by Lateral adds an element of slow hip-hop beat with a hypnotic synthesized sound that goes well with Tariang and Amitabh’s vocals that lend it a RnB soul touch.

Nush Lewis and Kamakshi Khanna ‘Letters To Myself’

Much like the title suggests, Nush Lewis (Mumbai-based harpist and singer-songwriter) and Kamakshi Khanna’s (Delhi-based singer-songwriter) latest single is about reclaiming our own self. The duo collaborated even on the writing process thus adding their unique experiences and perspectives and giving us a single that is vulnerable, honest and raw. “And I will walk with you to the end And I will mould you to be my friend” which is a reminder much like poet Derek Walcott’s poem Love after Love– ‘You will love again the stranger who was your self.’

You can listen to the single here.

Shor and Raghav Meattle ‘Zindagi’

Shor (Rohan Shetty’s electronic-pop project) collaborates with Raghav Meattle on his latest single Zindagi which explores the theme of hope amidst dire circumstances. True to the title it is about the ups and downs that make our life (zindagi) and finding a silver lining or rainbow in the storm. Meattle’s melodious voice along with Shor’s edgy beats makes for the perfect single for these times.

You can check out the single here.

The Siege ‘Really Brown Really Rare’

Mumbai-based rap artist The Siege has always been vocal about things that truly matter. His lyrics are always bang-on about the societal issues he wishes to speak about. His music, however, cannot be confined within a box; there is a certain ease to his voice that he brings through his productions which lends it a certain softness. His latest EP Really Brown Really Rare is no different as he speaks about his experiences of being a Brown artist with music production that complements his breezy rap.

You can listen to the EP here.

Yashraj with Dropped Out ‘Galat/Sahi’

Funky, upbeat and groovy is everything that encapsulates Dropped Out’s music production for his single with Bombay-based rapper Yashraj whose crisp, clear and fluent rap fits seamlessly to the single. The hip-hop and jazz fusion single talks about there being no right (sahi) or wrong (ghalat) way of doing a task. The groovy track is addictive and is sure to keep playing in your mind long after you’ve heard it.

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