Alobo Naga & The Band-Painted Dreams(E.P)
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I first heard ALOBO NAGA & THE BAND on VH1 when their video of PAINTED DREAMS was making its rounds. Honestly after listening to it the first time I didn’t realize what a good band they were. Little did I know I was humming their song a while later and then the realization hit me that this is not just another band. And of course, VH1 rarely showcases Indian artists until and unless they are very well off or just too good to ignore. So hearing ALOBO NAGA & THE BAND alongside NILADRI KUMAR, DREAM OUT LOUD, SHAAIR + FUNC and others on VH1 seemed like the appropriate thing. A few days later and a couple of hours of research into the band cemented my conviction in their music.
IMR: Hello Alobo, seems like the proverb "As you sow, so shall you reap" turns out to be pretty true for you guys currently. So, what's going at the bands campaign and how has been the overall response so far from the fans, especially?
Alobo Naga: 2011 Was a crazy year for us, as you rightly stated, we started reaping our first harvest from the hard works that we sowed, overall we had a very positive response from all corners, we are indeed grateful to God for blessing us so much in just a short span of time, and thankful to the fans, friends & well wishers for supporting us and bringing us this far. We had a crazy tour in some of the cities of India, then released our EP, composed and sang the title track for a Bollywood movie BEYOND which is yet to be released, our song PAINTED DREAMS was featured in the VH1 International Top 10, then featured in the VH1 Best 50 Videos of 2011, composed the theme song for "Guwahati International Short Film Festival" and the list goes on. We are now working with our new songs and soon gonna resume our tour for 2012.