Aswekeepsearching Songs: Aakorxon, Kalga, Rooh and More in Order

Aswekeepsearching are a post-rock band from Ahmedabad who started out almost entirely instrumental and slowly added voices, Hindi and Assamese lyrics, and folk melodies. Their songs are long, patient and cinematic, built for headphones and for festival crowds alike. This guide picks the best Aswekeepsearching songs, in order of release, from "The Tattva" in 2013 to the 2025 album kyun?.

How we checked. Every date below is the song's own date on Apple Music India (iTunes catalogue, country IN), checked on 28 October 2026. Where a song appears on more than one record, we say so. Only released music is covered. For the albums as records, see our Aswekeepsearching albums guide.

Quick answer: the best Aswekeepsearching songs

• "The Tattva" (13 December 2013)
• "Aakorxon" (Growing Suspicions, 14 February 2014)
• "Ativa" (Khwaab, 14 October 2015)
• "Kalga" (Zia, 28 April 2017)
• "Rooh" (Rooh, 27 September 2019)
• "Eneke Najaaba" (Rooh, 27 September 2019)
• "How Am I Supposed to Know" (feat. Ajay Jayanthi) (Sleep, 17 April 2020)
• "Ovotaar" (feat. Shankuraj Konwar) (20 August 2021)
• "shayad bhool gaye" (kyun?, 11 July 2025)

The 20 songs, in order

Growing Suspicions (album dated 14 February 2014)

1. "The Tattva" (13 December 2013). The band's first song out, two months before the debut album. It was remastered and reissued as a single on 24 May 2019.

2. "Aakorxon" (14 February 2014). The emotional high point of the debut, and the song many listeners start with.

3. "Shimmer of Light" (14 February 2014). A quieter, glowing track from the same record.

Khwaab (14 October 2015)

4. "Ativa". The opener of the second album. A "Reprised Version" followed on 13 November 2020.

5. "We Sound Like Strangers". One of the album's new songs.

6. "Catalogues". A mid-album highlight.

7. "Life = Parallels". One of the album's longer pieces.

Note: Khwaab also includes new versions of "In Circles", "When Will They Talk?" and "Banshee", first heard on Growing Suspicions in 2014.

At Long Last (20 October 2016)

8. "At Long Last". A stand-alone single between Khwaab and Zia.

Zia (28 April 2017)

9. "And Then Came Spring". The album's opener.

10. "Kalga". Named for a village in Himachal Pradesh; one of the band's best-loved pieces.

11. "Reminiscence". Later given a reprised version (13 November 2020).

12. "Lights & Colors". A bright, late-album track.

Rooh (27 September 2019)

13. "Rooh". The title song, and the record where the band leaned further into vocals and Indian languages.

14. "Eneke Najaaba". An Assamese-titled song from the same album.

15. "Aas Paas". A gentler, Hindi-titled song.

16. "Gangtey". The album's closing track, named for a valley in Bhutan.

Sleep (17 April 2020)

17. "How Am I Supposed to Know" (feat. Ajay Jayanthi). From the calm, lockdown-era Sleep, with Ajay Jayanthi on violin.

18. "Glued". The album's opening track.

Singles and kyun? (2021–2025)

19. "Ovotaar" (feat. Shankuraj Konwar) (20 August 2021). A stand-alone single with the Assamese singer Shankuraj Konwar.

20. "shayad bhool gaye" (11 July 2025). A Hindi-titled song from the band's newest album, kyun?.

More Aswekeepsearching songs worth a listen

• "you left something" (30 May 2025), "the search" (13 June 2025) and "i'm here, with you!" (27 June 2025): three singles released ahead of kyun? and also on the album.
• "why?", "happiness > god" and "of unsaid farewells" (11 July 2025), from kyun?.
• "A Night in Zottegem" and "Aitbaar" (27 September 2019), from Rooh.
• "Sleep Now" and "Dreams Are Real" (17 April 2020), from Sleep.
• The I I I I single (13 November 2020): reprised versions of "Ativa", "Reminiscence" and "Rooh".

The records at a glance

Apple Music India lists six albums: Growing Suspicions (14 February 2014, 8 tracks), Khwaab (14 October 2015, 11 tracks), Zia (28 April 2017, 11 tracks), Rooh (27 September 2019, 8 tracks), Sleep (17 April 2020, 8 tracks) and kyun? (11 July 2025, 10 tracks). Each one is represented above, so the twenty songs also work as a short tour of the whole catalogue, from instrumental post-rock to songs with voices.

What is left out

• Film soundtrack work, including the band's 2024 Footage soundtrack (8 tracks), which is credited to the film.
• The 2019 remaster of "The Tattva", which we fold into the original song.

How to start

If you are new to the band, play "Aakorxon", "Kalga" and "Rooh" first: three records, three stages of the band. Then try "Ovotaar" for their folk side and "shayad bhool gaye" for where they are now. For more bands like this, see Indian alternative rock bands and Indian progressive rock bands.

FAQ

What is Aswekeepsearching's most famous song? "Aakorxon", from the 2014 debut Growing Suspicions, and "Rooh", from the 2019 album of the same name, are the two most widely known.

Are Aswekeepsearching an instrumental band? They began mostly instrumental, but later records such as Rooh and kyun? use more vocals and Indian-language songs.

What is Aswekeepsearching's latest album? kyun?, dated 11 July 2025 on Apple Music India, with ten songs.

Where are Aswekeepsearching from? Ahmedabad, India.