On May 31, The Indian Sonic Research Organisation presented the release of Jeet Thayil’s new album Speak, Amnesia at Shambhala Woodfire Kitchen & Pub in Frazer Town.

The evening featured performances by Jeet Thayil, joined by Hollis Coats, The Burning Deck, and Yashas Shetty.

Graphics by @podishred.

About the Album — Speak, Amnesia#

The poet and novelist Jeet Thayil ventures into interdisciplinary art with his second studio album, Speak, Amnesia, released through ISSAI. Deeply rooted in his literary practice, the album draws from Thayil’s long-standing relationship with language and sound.

About Jeet Thayil#

Jeet Thayil has traveled extensively across India and Southeast Asia. He spent over two decades as a journalist in Bombay, Bangalore, Hong Kong, and New York City. His debut novel Narcopolis was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and his poetry collection These Errors Are Correct received the Sahitya Akademi Award.