Indie Sambar Sessions #8: A1 (2026) - Champak

​About the album:

​Independent band Champak's critically acclaimed debut album A1 (2026) is a labour of love. It is an alternative rock album with myriad influences (such as PCRC) using liberal electronic effects to create its atmospheric melancholic vibe, which it puts at the center of its musical locus seldom reveling in riffs and hooks, and is yet highly replayable. It is instead intentional and economic in its composition, a dynamic yet crisp album running shy of 30 minutes. The songwriting explores themes of nostalgia, depression but not without salvation in the exceptional finale of the album.