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Rebecca Vargese ByExpress News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been close to two years since Rounak Maiti garnered the attention in the Indian indie music sphere with his country/folk-inspired debut album, Bengali Cowboy. Yet, barely a couple of months following its release, the Mumbai musician had already moved on and began writing a new single that would eventually make it to his 2019 album, Waiting on the Comedown. This song marked a departure from Rounak’s previous guitar-driven endeavours, exploring a new sonic scape that included heavily textured sounds and ambient patterns. “I wanted to actively move away from the sound that defined country music. Chiselling out the melodies and hooks first, the lyrics are always the last thing to be written, we learn..