Neran tries to recreate an instance from a person’s life. It is structured like an isolated scene from a film wherein a person is experiencing a moment in time. A moment where he realizes that he has lost a beloved, but their presence still lingers in the spaces they used to visit together. In a sense, the album tries to explore the idea that a space can personify a living or dead entity and can thrive on the memories of those who once inhabited it.

The song lineup on the album is very intriguing as the names of the songs have been borrowed from a very diverse pool of Pan-Indian languages apart from English. Which is supported by the fact that the album features vocals in Kashmiri, Urdu and Hindi, quite effectively using the different textures of these different tongues to its musical sensibilities.But after experiencing the melodic and beautifully reverberant vocals on the first song Neran, it somehow felt that the indecipherability of the lyrics adds to the mood created by the serene composition of this song. If we let go of our analytical temperament and surrender ourselves completely to the musicality of it, then the song succeeds in taking us on a journey through the pristine valleys of Kashmir and conjures up vistas of snowcapped mountains.

There are two instrumental tracks on the album- August Sun and March Rain, both of which serve the purpose of creating beautiful bridges between the individual worlds created by the other five tracks on the album. But neither of them are merely functional in their existence, both the songs feature immaculate acoustic guitar playing and soothing piano pieces. March Rain starts with the proverbial sounds of thunder which are subdued by a very tranquilizing plucking of an acoustic guitar, reminiscent of an echoing Santoor somewhere in the higher reaches of a mountain range. Through these nuanced improvisations, the album has imbibed the Kashmiri aesthetics, in an attempt to transport the listener to the environs of the majestic Himalayas.
With the incorporation of sound design elements like rain, thunder, forest ambiences and bird calls, the structure of these songs is analogous to a background score in a film. The songs succeed in breaking the conventional structure of a music album by bringing in the elements of cinema and narration.

The third song on the album, Rahanu presents itself as an alluring enigma. Its somber intro disguises the unprecedented climax, which catches the listener off guard and somehow also lures them deeper into the song with its powerful vocals piercing right into your soul.

On Wasfa, everything from the guitar tones to the arrangement is imbued with the stylizations of the progressive rock genre. The song displays the heavy influence, of prog-rock pioneers like Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt, on the creator’s subconscious. But the Hindi vocals on the track infuse the much-needed freshness and are also, at the same time representative of the influence of Bollywood playback singing and Indian indie-rock vocal stylizations. Wasfa also features a very captivating interplay of drums and vocals, with some exceptional drumming by longtime friend and former bandmate of the creator- Aniket Shenoy.

Kalon was the lovechild of an upcycled background score, composed for a student film and the inventive use of the android app- EtherPad (a multi-touch surface and real time synthesizer). The song is minimal in its instrumentation but doesn’t seem to lack on the frequency spectrum because of the ingenious way the differently pitched sounds and vocals, with varied timbres and textures are mixed to precision by the mixing & mastering engineer Utsav Ghosh.

The last song on this album is designated, by the creators, as a precursor to their next album, thus the name Half Story. This track was created with the aim of teleporting its listeners from the world created through this album, to the precipice of the next. With ethereal vocals and surreal ambiences to compliment, the creators have pushed the creative boundaries of experimentation in a musical piece. With the inclusion of spoken word and a very eerie soundscape, the song takes hold of the listener’s attention and takes them on a journey through a space which is constantly changing and deteriorating as they are traversing through it.
In culmination, the end seems very morose, but one is reminded through the title of the track, that maybe this isn’t the end.