Last year, on October 19, indie band Peter Cat Recording Co had played a gig at a niche venue in Mahalaxmi that was the sort of live music spectacle that's worth an arm and a leg in today's locked-down age. A black curtain was covering the stage when the audience walked in. It had the word 'Bismillah' written on it in shimmering silver, alluding to the name of the album the act was launching. And when that curtain dropped, the five musicians took their listeners on a twisting sonic journey that kept ringing in their ears long after they had left the building.

Earlier this month, the band dropped a surprise compilation of songs, Happy Holidays. It's nothing like Bismillah. There is none of the grandeur of a sudden horn section or rousing vocals. The album is instead meant for coffee mornings where you brew a mix of nostalgia and isolation in your head; of sitting by a window with that cup, and watching empty streets that once had people on them.