Swarathma To Kick Off 10-city tour to Promote Second Album

When the May issue of Rolling Stone India went to press, the Bengaluru band had an eight-city tour lined up to promote their new album Topiwalleh. The ambitious folk rock band has added Mysore and Howrah to the list in a week’s time. The Howrah gig that will be performed for the kids supported by the not-for-profit organization Calcuttakids.org is part of their Action Replay series, a social responsibility drive that the band began in 2010.

Swarathma, who also snagged all the big wins at the JD Rock Awards in 2010 including Band Of The Year and Album of The Year for their eponymous debut that released in 2009, have come up with a heavier guitar-led sound in Topiwalleh. “This is the first time we’ve sounded so tight in the studio,” said bassist Jishnu Dasgupta, when we met the  band in October 2011, when they were recording the album at Mumbai’s Empire Studios.

This month, the band kicks off what they’re calling the Restless Tour.

The Swarathma Restless Tour schedule:

11 May | New Delhi | Blue Frog

12 May | Lucknow | Aura

16 May | Mumbai | Blue Frog

17 May | Hyderabad | Hard Rock Café

20 May | Bangalore | Freedom Park

26 May | Mysore | Rangayana

31 May | Pune | Hard Rock Café

01 June | New Delhi | Yamunotsav

08 June | Kolkata | The Park

09 June | Howrah | Action Replay for CalcuttaKids.org

10 June | Chennai | The Park Sheraton

Listen to Swarathma’s new single ‘Topiwalleh’ here: