A band that lives together stays together. That’s the rephrased idiom you could use to describe The Local Train, a four-member outfit that shares a flat in South Delhi. Vocalist Raman Negi takes us through a typical day in their lives. Imagine a house with wires snaking out of every room, connected to gear placed in a common area, where they thrash out tunes together. In the mornings, when the four of members surface, one of them who has an idea — say, it’s a particular hook that’s been running in his head — takes it to the others to see how they can contribute. Each then takes time to ideate, before they get together again to compare notes and piece a track together, a process that can be compared to furnishing an empty room. The drummer, in a manner of speaking, adds a comfy sofa with his beats, where the various elements of music can rest. The bassist adds a solid teakwood table with his underlying groove. The vocalist puts up a few paintings with his lyrical structures. And the guitarist contributes with a shimmering chandelier made of his leads and chord progressions.

This is exactly how The Local Train composed songs for the two albums they have released in the past, Aalas Ka Pedh in 2015 and Vaaqif last year.