Andholan | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Mekaal Hasan Band |
Cover: | Andholan_album_cover.png |
Released: | September 17, 2014 |
Genre: | Alternative rock Jazz fusion Sufi rock |
Length: | 42:20 |
Label: | Times Music |
Producer: | Mekaal Hasan |
Prev Title: | Saptak |
Prev Year: | 2009 |
Year: | 2014 |
Andholan is the third album by the Indo-Pak band, Mekaal Hasan Band, after Sampooran (2004) and Saptak (2009). This album was released in 2014, by Times Music.[1]
Mekaal Hasan Band started working on the album in 2013.[2] At first, MHB's old vocalist Javed Bashir was to be the vocalist on the album. Later, Mekaal confirmed that Javed Bashir would not be a part of the album. Instead, the album would feature a new line-up with new band members, with Sharmistha Chatterjee as the lead vocalist.[3] The album was released on iTunes on 17 September 2014. The physical CDs were released soon after.
Andholan contains eight tracks and has been described as a nice album, up to the same levels as other MHB albums. A description by the band themselves have been given on the band's official website: