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The acoustic vagabonds of Bangladesh - Shahed and Dipto's albums reviewed

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The acoustic vagabonds by Faizul Khan Tanim Dipto’s debut album Akta Shorol Onko talks about a carefree wanderer, a determined writer, celestial relationships, and finds solace in complexities of the daily life The title is deceiving. Deciphering this album will take more than one try. Its concept is simple but the rendering generates a lot of personal and emotional energy. Dipto invites listeners to a session of chilled out rock and intimate storytelling. He tells his tales in narrative melodic lyrics woven into funky, groovy and psychedelic compositions. The melodies are balanced with overlapping beats on the snare and crash, and acoustic guitar strumming. In a nutshell, for anyone who loves to reflect on life through music or find beautiful elucidation by applying simple math — as Dipto suggests in this album’s track — the reaction to this album would interestingly be more of a pleasant WOAH! than the ordinary Hmmm! The music is addictive and it grows on you as y...