Kraken

Kraken is a New Delhi rock band whose second record, Club Namaste, Rolling Stone India scheduled for 9 September 2022 as the follow-up to the 2017 debut EP Lush. That comeback story says the newer songs are cleaner and more melodic than the math-rock and post-hardcore energy of Lush, with guitarist-producer Moses Koul and vocalist Vipul Verma, who raps and sings. A separate Rolling Stone India crowdfunding piece introduces drummer Suyash Gabriel and bassist Divij Kapoor beside keyboardist Reuben Das and Verma as the lineup for the record after Lush.

The Indian Express, writing about the Khan Market Gang video from Club Namaste, lists the same five: Vipul Verma (vocals), Moses Koul (guitar), Reuben Das (keyboard), Divij Kapoor (bass), and Suyash Gabriel (drums). It says work on the EP began around 2019 after a crowdfund and describes a turn toward what the band called bhangra rock, away from Lush. Apple Music’s Club Namaste note calls the record a love letter to Delhi after a lineup shuffle, and it contrasts Lush’s outward, anime-tilted image with hyperlocal lyrics from Verma. Discography uses those published descriptions and does not invent a formation year; public sources here support a 2010s origin and a 2017 debut EP, so formed stays 2010s. Gabriel’s row uses 2017 because the crowdfunding story ties him to the post-Lush lineup.

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