When Chai Met Toast marks 10 years with new single
India, Sept. 2 -- F
or indie-folk favourites When Chai Met Toast (WCMT), completing a decade together has been about more than building a loyal fanbase. It has been about shaping a voice that is instantly recognisable yet constantly evolving. The Kerala-based quartet has spent much of the past 10 years touring across continents, refining their sound while staying grounded in their identity.
"Even though we say that 10 years has gone by quickly, we've had a very big share of being together. That is one major reason how the songwriting has improved, because all four of us have quietly understood each other. Everybody's growing musically, and everybody's pushing each other to also improve, grow, and nurture ourselves," frontman Ashwin Gopakumar reflects.
Their new single, Dreamland, embodies that sense of evolution and belonging. Written during one of their international tours, the track captures both the ache of distance and the pull of nostalgia, while remaining rooted in Kerala. "It's the most explicitly Kerala song that we have on the album. But if we were from somewhere else, that place would have been Dreamland. It's basically talking about our home," says guitarist Achyuth Jaigopal.
The idea of home runs through the larger album in layered ways. "Home need not be the place. Home could be a person, home could be memories. There are songs like Never Felt This Way Before, which talks about finding your home in a person, and then there is I Always, which is about nostalgia and how things were in the 90s," adds Achyuth. In many ways, the band sees this not as a reinvention but as a continuation. "I don't think we went back to home. I think we were always talking about home. If you listen to our first EP Joy of Little Things, it starts with the line 'home'. This time, it's all about it," he explains....
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