YATIN SRIVASTAVA’S DOUBLE WHAMMY
Indian guitarist teams up with Bruce Soord and Craig Blundell on debut.
Yatin Srivastava Project release chaos // Despair independently on May 25. the collaborative collective, fronted by new Delhi-based musician Yatin srivastava, came about in 2013 and have already released two ePs and a DVD. the six-track album is their debut and it’s split into two distinct progressive styles that tackle heavy themes including war, loss, and mental health.
“the chaos aspect is very much progressive metal and influenced by acts like Periphery, tesseract and the wave of uK tech metal that came out around 2008. Despair is more inspired by steven wilson, Porcupine tree and classic 70s prog like Genesis and Yes,” reveals the guitarist.
srivastava has taken a more song-orientated approach to the album compared to his 2014 debut eP the Dream Plays In reverse, and has also brought in two of his musical heroes to help out.
“I’ve been a huge the Pineapple thief fan ever since I heard Magnolia, and Your wilderness had quite an impact on my writing,” he reveals. “I saw that Bruce soord was mixing material for other Indian bands so I sent him a message. He sings on Programme.obsolete and he wrote the lyrics too.”
srivastava also asked steven wilson drummer craig Blundell if he would guest on the album. Much to his surprise, he agreed to play on the tracks Programme.obsolete and the unknown.
“It wasn’t something I imagined would ever happen and it’s still very surreal for me,” he admits. “I just put it down to the fact that musicians like craig and Bruce are more than open to playing with other people.”
Yatin srivastava Project hope to play in europe later this year. For more, visit www.yatinsproject.com. NRS