“Indian indie… might just have its trailblazer” “..Edwyn Collins at his most dreamy and muscular backdrops that clang as authentically as Ride..” John Aizlewood for Q, Jan 2016
NME.com Stream Of The Week 17th Jan 2016 “… ‘All The Women’ has a brilliantly caustic lyric about, the politics back home, and sounds both fiery and vital. ‘It’s With You’, meanwhile, is underpinned by a neat Kinks-influenced riff.” - Matt Wilkinson
Redd Alluri is a 28 year old singer and songwriter hailing from Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana state in Southern India. He is currently based in London and recorded this album at Brighton’s Electric Studios.
His home town, like much of India had little or no contemporary music scene around his formative years and it wasn’t until his older brother returned from university that Redd first heard western rock music.
From Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke on the Water’ to Guns N’ Roses his teenage years were littered with the bigger rock acts that managed to squeeze through the country’s obsession with cinema and the state version of Bollywood known as ‘Tollywood’.
With some stars aligned Redd’s interest in British comedy The Office led him to Ricky Gervais’s XFM Podcasts and the revelatory sounds of The Smiths, Joy Division, Radiohead and Nick Cave.
First single ‘All The Women’ is a politically sensitive commentary taken from the thoughts of a few female friends who noted; The sense of freedom experienced whilst walking around cities like London draws a stark contrast with their home country. Album title track ‘Man Of Truth’ is a schizophrenic narrative that presents the voices of young Indian men against the charlatan spiritual leaders so often associated with the continent.
Live performances are kicking off on February 5th at Nottingham’s Jamcafe, full tour dates to be announced. The live band is a three piece featuring Gavin Jay and Phil Martini from Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind on bass and drums respectively.