New Album 'Suburban Prose' Showcases The Lightyears Explode's Emotional Side

The Mumbai pop/punk band pack in plenty across eight songs

- DAVID BRITTO

IF YOU GO back to the albums released in 2013 within the Indian independent music scene, one record that stands out is Mumbai pop/punk outfit The Lightyears Explode’s 10-track debut effort The Revenge of Kalicharan. Since then, the band’s lineup has altered, with drummer Jeremy D’Souza replacing Aaron Carvalho and guitarist Jishnu Guha aka Short Round coming on board as a live member, however, the group’s founders in vocalist-guitarist Saurabh Roy and bassist Shalom Benjamin have kept going strong.

With a four-track EP entitled Mellow released in 2020 and the bubbly “Nostalgia 99” that came out in 2021, The Lightyears Explode are now out with their first full-length album in 10 years in the shape of the eight-track